diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d9dc6ca2a17..c265e399d63 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-8856. Make LeaseManager#countPath O(1). (Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-8772. Fix TestStandbyIsHot#testDatanodeRestarts which occasionally fails.
+    (Walter Su via wang).
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
index 5388688da40..ed686e2bbf4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.DatanodeReportType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManagerTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.StartupOption;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Storage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util;
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.net.StaticMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.ProxyUsers;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
@@ -2294,7 +2298,32 @@ public class MiniDFSCluster {
 
     client.close();
   }
-  
+
+  /** Wait until the given namenode gets first block reports from all the datanodes */
+  public void waitFirstBRCompleted(int nnIndex, int timeout) throws
+      IOException, TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
+    if (nameNodes.length == 0 || nameNodes[nnIndex] == null
+        || nameNodes[nnIndex].nameNode == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final FSNamesystem ns = getNamesystem(nnIndex);
+    final DatanodeManager dm = ns.getBlockManager().getDatanodeManager();
+    GenericTestUtils.waitFor(new Supplier<Boolean>() {
+      @Override
+      public Boolean get() {
+        List<DatanodeDescriptor> nodes = dm.getDatanodeListForReport
+            (DatanodeReportType.LIVE);
+        for (DatanodeDescriptor node : nodes) {
+          if (!node.checkBlockReportReceived()) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+    }, 100, timeout);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Wait until the cluster is active and running.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyIsHot.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyIsHot.java
index 622ed94861e..14c9dc264d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyIsHot.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyIsHot.java
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ public class TestStandbyIsHot {
       // Wait for both NNs to re-register the DN.
       cluster.waitActive(0);
       cluster.waitActive(1);
+      cluster.waitFirstBRCompleted(0, 10000);
+      cluster.waitFirstBRCompleted(1, 10000);
       
       BlockManagerTestUtil.updateState(nn0.getNamesystem().getBlockManager());
       BlockManagerTestUtil.updateState(nn1.getNamesystem().getBlockManager());