diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
index f2ae4dfbf7..6327b4f254 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ private void setInMaintenance(DatanodeDescriptor dn) {
    * @return true if sufficient, else false.
    */
   private boolean isSufficient(BlockInfo block, BlockCollection bc,
-      NumberReplicas numberReplicas, boolean isDecommission) {
+                               NumberReplicas numberReplicas,
+                               boolean isDecommission,
+                               boolean isMaintenance) {
     if (blockManager.hasEnoughEffectiveReplicas(block, numberReplicas, 0)) {
       // Block has enough replica, skip
       LOG.trace("Block {} does not need replication.", block);
@@ -379,6 +381,10 @@ private boolean isSufficient(BlockInfo block, BlockCollection bc,
         }
       }
     }
+    if (isMaintenance
+      && numLive >= blockManager.getMinReplicationToBeInMaintenance()) {
+      return true;
+    }
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -705,6 +711,7 @@ private void processBlocksInternal(
         // Schedule low redundancy blocks for reconstruction
         // if not already pending.
         boolean isDecommission = datanode.isDecommissionInProgress();
+        boolean isMaintenance = datanode.isEnteringMaintenance();
         boolean neededReconstruction = isDecommission ?
             blockManager.isNeededReconstruction(block, num) :
             blockManager.isNeededReconstructionForMaintenance(block, num);
@@ -723,7 +730,7 @@ private void processBlocksInternal(
         // Even if the block is without sufficient redundancy,
         // it might not block decommission/maintenance if it
         // has sufficient redundancy.
-        if (isSufficient(block, bc, num, isDecommission)) {
+        if (isSufficient(block, bc, num, isDecommission, isMaintenance)) {
           if (pruneReliableBlocks) {
             it.remove();
           }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestMaintenanceState.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestMaintenanceState.java
index 092b5af2dd..fcff0e2fa4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestMaintenanceState.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestMaintenanceState.java
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ public void testExpectedReplications() throws IOException {
     testExpectedReplication(2);
     testExpectedReplication(3);
     testExpectedReplication(4);
+    testExpectedReplication(10);
   }
 
   private void testExpectedReplication(int replicationFactor)