diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/NameNodeConnector.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/NameNodeConnector.java
index 7f54c63303..4e2079298d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/NameNodeConnector.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/NameNodeConnector.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ public BlocksWithLocations getBlocks(DatanodeInfo datanode, long size, long
     }
     boolean isRequestStandby = false;
     NamenodeProtocol nnproxy = null;
+    InetSocketAddress standbyAddress = null;
     try {
       if (requestToStandby && nsId != null
           && HAUtil.isHAEnabled(config, nsId)) {
@@ -264,8 +266,9 @@ public BlocksWithLocations getBlocks(DatanodeInfo datanode, long size, long
           try {
             if (proxy.getHAServiceState().equals(
                 HAServiceProtocol.HAServiceState.STANDBY)) {
+              standbyAddress = RPC.getServerAddress(proxy);
               NamenodeProtocol sbn = NameNodeProxies.createNonHAProxy(
-                  config, RPC.getServerAddress(proxy), NamenodeProtocol.class,
+                  config, standbyAddress, NamenodeProtocol.class,
                   UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser(), false).getProxy();
               nnproxy = sbn;
               isRequestStandby = true;
@@ -287,7 +290,8 @@ public BlocksWithLocations getBlocks(DatanodeInfo datanode, long size, long
       return nnproxy.getBlocks(datanode, size, minBlockSize);
     } finally {
       if (isRequestStandby) {
-        LOG.info("Request #getBlocks to Standby NameNode success.");
+        LOG.info("Request #getBlocks to Standby NameNode success. " +
+            "remoteAddress: {}", standbyAddress.getHostString());
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancerWithHANameNodes.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancerWithHANameNodes.java
index 8241f25e4a..cdfa76a9d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancerWithHANameNodes.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancerWithHANameNodes.java
@@ -199,13 +199,16 @@ public void testBalancerRequestSBNWithHA() throws Exception {
     try {
       cluster.waitActive();
       cluster.transitionToActive(0);
+      String standbyNameNode = cluster.getNameNode(1).
+          getNameNodeAddress().getHostString();
       Thread.sleep(500);
       client = NameNodeProxies.createProxy(conf, FileSystem.getDefaultUri(conf),
           ClientProtocol.class).getProxy();
       doTest(conf);
       // Check getBlocks request to Standby NameNode.
       assertTrue(log.getOutput().contains(
-          "Request #getBlocks to Standby NameNode success."));
+          "Request #getBlocks to Standby NameNode success. remoteAddress: " +
+            standbyNameNode));
     } finally {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }