diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
index 5b8bc7f0b81..55fef24379b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ static int translateZCRException(JNIEnv *env, jthrowable exc)
         ret = EPROTONOSUPPORT;
         goto done;
     }
-    ret = printExceptionAndFree(env, jthr, PRINT_EXC_ALL,
+    ret = printExceptionAndFree(env, exc, PRINT_EXC_ALL,
             "hadoopZeroCopyRead: ZeroCopyCursor#read failed");
 done:
     free(className);