diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 92154883f9..9a156a5a70 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2804,6 +2804,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-9839. Reduce verbosity of processReport logging. (Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-7452. skip StandbyException log for getCorruptFiles()
+    (Bramha Reddy Battula via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 4722ac1a35..64f23dd318 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -5596,6 +5596,10 @@ public String getCorruptFiles() {
           list.add(c.toString());
         }
       }
+    } catch (StandbyException e) {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("Get corrupt file blocks returned error: " + e.getMessage());
+      }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.warn("Get corrupt file blocks returned error: " + e.getMessage());
     }