diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
index 4d8b627cb0..706b2bda06 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public static void writeCacheDirectiveInfo(DataOutputStream out,
       writeString(directive.getPool(), out);
     }
     if (directive.getExpiration() != null) {
-      writeLong(directive.getExpiration().getMillis(), out);
+      writeLong(directive.getExpiration().getAbsoluteMillis(), out);
     }
   }
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ public static void writeCacheDirectiveInfo(ContentHandler contentHandler,
     }
     if (directive.getExpiration() != null) {
       XMLUtils.addSaxString(contentHandler, "EXPIRATION",
-          "" + directive.getExpiration().getMillis());
+          "" + directive.getExpiration().getAbsoluteMillis());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCacheDirectives.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCacheDirectives.java
index b3e91e5072..58baf730d7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCacheDirectives.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestCacheDirectives.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.HATestUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -60,9 +61,11 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirective;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo.Expiration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveIterator;
@@ -1605,4 +1608,65 @@ public void testAddingCacheDirectiveInfosWhenCachingIsDisabled()
     waitForCachedBlocks(namenode, expected, 0,
             "testAddingCacheDirectiveInfosWhenCachingIsDisabled:2");
   }
+
+  @Test(timeout=120000)
+  public void testExpiryTimeConsistency() throws Exception {
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_LOGROLL_PERIOD_KEY, 1);
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_TAILEDITS_PERIOD_KEY, 1);
+    MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster =
+        new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(NUM_DATANODES)
+            .nnTopology(MiniDFSNNTopology.simpleHATopology())
+            .build();
+    dfsCluster.transitionToActive(0);
+
+    DistributedFileSystem fs = dfsCluster.getFileSystem(0);
+    final NameNode ann = dfsCluster.getNameNode(0);
+
+    final Path filename = new Path("/file");
+    final short replication = (short) 3;
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, filename, 1, replication, 0x0BAC);
+    fs.addCachePool(new CachePoolInfo("pool"));
+    long id = fs.addCacheDirective(
+        new CacheDirectiveInfo.Builder().setPool("pool").setPath(filename)
+            .setExpiration(CacheDirectiveInfo.Expiration.newRelative(86400000))
+            .setReplication(replication).build());
+    fs.modifyCacheDirective(new CacheDirectiveInfo.Builder()
+        .setId(id)
+        .setExpiration(CacheDirectiveInfo.Expiration.newRelative(172800000))
+        .build());
+    final NameNode sbn = dfsCluster.getNameNode(1);
+    final CacheManager annCachemanager = ann.getNamesystem().getCacheManager();
+    final CacheManager sbnCachemanager = sbn.getNamesystem().getCacheManager();
+    HATestUtil.waitForStandbyToCatchUp(ann, sbn);
+    GenericTestUtils.waitFor(() -> {
+      boolean isConsistence = false;
+      ann.getNamesystem().readLock();
+      try {
+        sbn.getNamesystem().readLock();
+        try {
+          Iterator<CacheDirective> annDirectivesIt = annCachemanager.
+              getCacheDirectives().iterator();
+          Iterator<CacheDirective> sbnDirectivesIt = sbnCachemanager.
+              getCacheDirectives().iterator();
+          if (annDirectivesIt.hasNext() && sbnDirectivesIt.hasNext()) {
+            CacheDirective annDirective = annDirectivesIt.next();
+            CacheDirective sbnDirective = sbnDirectivesIt.next();
+            if (annDirective.getExpiryTimeString().
+                equals(sbnDirective.getExpiryTimeString())) {
+              isConsistence = true;
+            }
+          }
+        } finally {
+          sbn.getNamesystem().readUnlock();
+        }
+      } finally {
+        ann.getNamesystem().readUnlock();
+      }
+      if (!isConsistence) {
+        LOG.info("testEexpiryTimeConsistency:"
+            + "ANN CacheDirective Status is inconsistent with SBN");
+      }
+      return isConsistence;
+    }, 500, 120000);
+  }
 }