diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index b3834ae96b..66e3c8b71e 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String  DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_KEY =
       "dfs.balancer.getBlocks.hot-time-interval";
   public static final long    DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_DEFAULT =
-      0;
+      0L;
   public static final String  DFS_BALANCER_KEYTAB_ENABLED_KEY = "dfs.balancer.keytab.enabled";
   public static final boolean DFS_BALANCER_KEYTAB_ENABLED_DEFAULT = false;
   public static final String  DFS_BALANCER_ADDRESS_KEY = "dfs.balancer.address";
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Balancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Balancer.java
index 73a8e68191..67ecd5a4d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Balancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Balancer.java
@@ -324,10 +324,12 @@ static int getFailedTimesSinceLastSuccessfulBalance() {
      * Balancer prefer to get blocks which are belong to the cold files
      * created before this time period.
      */
-    final long hotBlockTimeInterval = conf.getTimeDuration(
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_KEY,
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_DEFAULT,
-        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    final long hotBlockTimeInterval =
+        p.getHotBlockTimeInterval() != 0L ? p.getHotBlockTimeInterval() :
+            conf.getTimeDuration(
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_KEY,
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BALANCER_GETBLOCKS_HOT_TIME_INTERVAL_DEFAULT,
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
     // DataNode configuration parameters for balancing
     final int maxConcurrentMovesPerNode = getInt(conf,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/BalancerParameters.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/BalancerParameters.java
index 3d9cbb1802..2b53c15d1d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/BalancerParameters.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/BalancerParameters.java
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ boolean getSortTopNodes() {
     return this.sortTopNodes;
   }
 
+  long getHotBlockTimeInterval() {
+    return this.hotBlockTimeInterval;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return String.format("%s.%s [%s," + " threshold = %s,"
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
index 9af8ade0ea..2070a332b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_KEYTAB_FILE_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_WEB_AUTHENTICATION_KERBEROS_PRINCIPAL_KEY;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -1219,6 +1221,52 @@ public void testBalancerCliParseBlockpools() {
     assertEquals(1, p.getBlockPools().size());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBalancerCliParseHotBlockTimeInterval() {
+    String[] parameters = new String[]{"-hotBlockTimeInterval", "1000"};
+    BalancerParameters p = Balancer.Cli.parse(parameters);
+    assertEquals(1000, p.getHotBlockTimeInterval());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBalancerDispatchHotBlockTimeInterval() {
+    String[] parameters = new String[]{"-hotBlockTimeInterval", "1000"};
+    BalancerParameters p = Balancer.Cli.parse(parameters);
+    Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    initConf(conf);
+    try {
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster
+          .Builder(conf)
+          .numDataNodes(0)
+          .setNNRedundancyConsiderLoad(false)
+          .build();
+      cluster.getConfiguration(0).setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_KEY,
+          DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_DEFAULT);
+      conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_KEY,
+          DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_DEFAULT);
+      cluster.waitClusterUp();
+      cluster.waitActive();
+      Collection<URI> namenodes = DFSUtil.getInternalNsRpcUris(conf);
+      List<NameNodeConnector> connectors =
+          NameNodeConnector.newNameNodeConnectors(namenodes,
+              Balancer.class.getSimpleName(),
+              Balancer.BALANCER_ID_PATH, conf,
+              BalancerParameters.DEFAULT.getMaxIdleIteration());
+      Balancer run = new Balancer(
+          connectors.get(0), p, new HdfsConfiguration());
+      Field field = run.getClass().getDeclaredField("dispatcher");
+      field.setAccessible(true);
+      Object dispatcher = field.get(run);
+      Field field1 =
+          dispatcher.getClass().getDeclaredField("hotBlockTimeInterval");
+      field1.setAccessible(true);
+      Object hotBlockTimeInterval = field1.get(dispatcher);
+      assertEquals(1000, (long)hotBlockTimeInterval);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Verify balancer exits 0 on success.
    */