diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSck.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSck.java
index 10b0012016b..6f53ee436ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSck.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSck.java
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ private Integer listCorruptFileBlocks(String dir, String baseUrl)
             allDone = true;
             break;
           }
+          if (line.startsWith("Access denied for user")) {
+            numCorrupt = 0;
+            allDone = true;
+            break;
+          }
           if ((line.isEmpty())
               || (line.startsWith("FSCK started by"))
               || (line.startsWith("The filesystem under path")))