diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index fe71564aba..e7974ebec7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1120,6 +1120,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12699. TestKMS#testKMSProvider intermittently fails during
     'test rollover draining'. (Xiao Chen via wang)
 
+    HADOOP-12776. Remove getaclstatus call for non-acl commands in getfacl.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via vinayakumarb)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-11785. Reduce the number of listStatus operation in distcp
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/AclCommands.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/AclCommands.java
index d139ebadce..42829bf3e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/AclCommands.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/AclCommands.java
@@ -86,9 +86,15 @@ protected void processPath(PathData item) throws IOException {
           (perm.getOtherAction().implies(FsAction.EXECUTE) ? "t" : "T"));
       }
 
-      AclStatus aclStatus = item.fs.getAclStatus(item.path);
-      List<AclEntry> entries = perm.getAclBit() ? aclStatus.getEntries()
-          : Collections.<AclEntry> emptyList();
+      AclStatus aclStatus = null;
+      List<AclEntry> entries = null;
+      if (perm.getAclBit()) {
+        aclStatus = item.fs.getAclStatus(item.path);
+        entries = aclStatus.getEntries();
+      } else {
+        aclStatus = null;
+        entries = Collections.<AclEntry> emptyList();
+      }
       ScopedAclEntries scopedEntries = new ScopedAclEntries(
         AclUtil.getAclFromPermAndEntries(perm, entries));
       printAclEntriesForSingleScope(aclStatus, perm,