diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 42eed140de0..29ecf7b9877 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HDFS-2390. dfsadmin -setBalancerBandwidth does not validate -ve value
+    (Gautam Gopalakrishnan via harsh)
+
     HDFS-8821. Explain message "Operation category X is not supported
     in state standby" (Gautam Gopalakrishnan via harsh)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSAdmin.java
index 014637bbc5b..298d55e6b19 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DFSAdmin.java
@@ -851,6 +851,11 @@ public class DFSAdmin extends FsShell {
       return exitCode;
     }
 
+    if (bandwidth < 0) {
+      System.err.println("Bandwidth should be a non-negative integer");
+      return exitCode;
+    }
+
     FileSystem fs = getFS();
     if (!(fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem)) {
       System.err.println("FileSystem is " + fs.getUri());
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
index 6859e436a4a..a6c0924b4ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ public class TestDFSAdminWithHA {
     assertOutputMatches(message + newLine + message + newLine);
   }
 
+  @Test (timeout = 30000)
+  public void testSetNegativeBalancerBandwidth() throws Exception {
+    setUpHaCluster(false);
+    int exitCode = admin.run(new String[] {"-setBalancerBandwidth", "-10"});
+    assertEquals("Negative bandwidth value must fail the command", -1, exitCode);
+  }
+
   @Test (timeout = 30000)
   public void testMetaSave() throws Exception {
     setUpHaCluster(false);