diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
index 199c8f063e..5f11a434a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
@@ -983,7 +983,10 @@ private <T extends Node> void sortByDistance(Node reader, T[] nodes,
     int idx = 0;
     for (List<T> list: tree.values()) {
       if (list != null) {
-        secondarySort.accept(list);
+        Collections.shuffle(list, r);
+        if (secondarySort != null) {
+          secondarySort.accept(list);
+        }
         for (T n: list) {
           nodes[idx] = n;
           idx++;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
index f5cf1d5744..c26dd90988 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ private void sortLocatedBlock(final LocatedBlock lb, String targetHost,
   }
 
   private Consumer<List<DatanodeInfo>> createSecondaryNodeSorter() {
-    Consumer<List<DatanodeInfo>> secondarySort =
-        list -> Collections.shuffle(list);
+    Consumer<List<DatanodeInfo>> secondarySort = null;
     if (readConsiderLoad) {
       Comparator<DatanodeInfo> comp =
           Comparator.comparingInt(DatanodeInfo::getXceiverCount);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
index e8e6b949f1..ef9758aa88 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -600,6 +602,72 @@ public void testGetBlockLocationConsiderLoad()
     assertEquals(locs[0].getIpAddr(), sortedLocs2[4].getIpAddr());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGetBlockLocationConsiderLoadWithNodesOfSameDistance()
+      throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_READ_CONSIDERLOAD_KEY, true);
+    conf.setBoolean(
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_AVOID_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_READ_KEY, true);
+    FSNamesystem fsn = Mockito.mock(FSNamesystem.class);
+    Mockito.when(fsn.hasWriteLock()).thenReturn(true);
+    URL shellScript = getClass()
+        .getResource("/" + Shell.appendScriptExtension("topology-script"));
+    Path resourcePath = Paths.get(shellScript.toURI());
+    FileUtil.setExecutable(resourcePath.toFile(), true);
+    conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_FILE_NAME_KEY,
+        resourcePath.toString());
+    DatanodeManager dm = mockDatanodeManager(fsn, conf);
+
+    int totalDNs = 5;
+    // Register 5 datanodes and 2 nodes per rack with different load.
+    DatanodeInfo[] locs = new DatanodeInfo[totalDNs];
+    String[] storageIDs = new String[totalDNs];
+    for (int i = 0; i < totalDNs; i++) {
+      // Register new datanode.
+      String uuid = "UUID-" + i;
+      String ip = "IP-" + i / 2 + "-" + i;
+      DatanodeRegistration dr = Mockito.mock(DatanodeRegistration.class);
+      Mockito.when(dr.getDatanodeUuid()).thenReturn(uuid);
+      Mockito.when(dr.getIpAddr()).thenReturn(ip);
+      dm.registerDatanode(dr);
+
+      // Get location and storage information.
+      locs[i] = dm.getDatanode(uuid);
+      storageIDs[i] = "storageID-" + i;
+
+      // Set load for datanodes.
+      locs[i].setXceiverCount(2);
+    }
+
+    // Set node 0 decommissioned.
+    locs[0].setDecommissioned();
+
+    // Create LocatedBlock with above locations.
+    ExtendedBlock b = new ExtendedBlock("somePoolID", 1234);
+    LocatedBlock block = new LocatedBlock(b, locs);
+    List<LocatedBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
+    blocks.add(block);
+
+    // Test client not in cluster but same rack with locs[3].
+    // Number of iterations to do the test
+    int numIterations = 100;
+
+    Set<String> ipSet = new HashSet<>();
+    final String targetIpNotInCluster = locs[3].getIpAddr() + "-client";
+    for (int i = 0; i < numIterations; i++) {
+      dm.sortLocatedBlocks(targetIpNotInCluster, blocks);
+      DatanodeInfo[] sortedLocs = block.getLocations();
+      assertEquals(totalDNs, sortedLocs.length);
+      if (!ipSet.contains(sortedLocs[0].getIpAddr())) {
+        ipSet.add(sortedLocs[0].getIpAddr());
+      }
+    }
+
+    // when the two nodes' distance and weight are same, they are same close.
+    assertEquals(2, ipSet.size());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test whether removing a host from the includes list without adding it to
    * the excludes list will exclude it from data node reports.