diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
index 7bf429eed48..84863a525ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
@@ -791,6 +791,15 @@ public class RawLocalFileSystem extends FileSystem {
           pathToFile(p).toPath(), BasicFileAttributeView.class);
       FileTime fmtime = (mtime >= 0) ? FileTime.fromMillis(mtime) : null;
       FileTime fatime = (atime >= 0) ? FileTime.fromMillis(atime) : null;
+
+      // On some macOS environment, BasicFileAttributeView.setTimes
+      // does not set times correctly when the argument of accessTime is null.
+      // TODO: Remove this after the issue is fixed.
+      if (fatime == null && Shell.MAC) {
+        FileStatus f = getFileStatus(p);
+        fatime = FileTime.fromMillis(f.getAccessTime());
+      }
+
       view.setTimes(fmtime, fatime, null);
     } catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
       throw new FileNotFoundException("File " + p + " does not exist");
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
index e2baf32ff28..18188dddbc8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public class DirectoryScanner implements Runnable {
   private static final int MILLIS_PER_SECOND = 1000;
   private static final String START_MESSAGE =
       "Periodic Directory Tree Verification scan"
-      + " starting at %dms with interval of %dms";
+      + " starting at %s with interval of %dms";
   private static final String START_MESSAGE_WITH_THROTTLE = START_MESSAGE
       + " and throttle limit of %dms/s";
 
@@ -268,10 +270,12 @@ public class DirectoryScanner implements Runnable {
     String logMsg;
 
     if (throttleLimitMsPerSec < MILLIS_PER_SECOND) {
-      logMsg = String.format(START_MESSAGE_WITH_THROTTLE, firstScanTime,
-          scanPeriodMsecs, throttleLimitMsPerSec);
+      logMsg = String.format(START_MESSAGE_WITH_THROTTLE,
+          FastDateFormat.getInstance().format(firstScanTime), scanPeriodMsecs,
+          throttleLimitMsPerSec);
     } else {
-      logMsg = String.format(START_MESSAGE, firstScanTime, scanPeriodMsecs);
+      logMsg = String.format(START_MESSAGE,
+          FastDateFormat.getInstance().format(firstScanTime), scanPeriodMsecs);
     }
 
     LOG.info(logMsg);