diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeAttributeProvider.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeAttributeProvider.java
index 80d4967f746..63c5b46b2fb 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeAttributeProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeAttributeProvider.java
@@ -399,8 +399,12 @@ public abstract void checkPermission(String fsOwner, String supergroup,
      *                     operation.
      * @throws AccessControlException
      */
-    void checkPermissionWithContext(AuthorizationContext authzContext)
-        throws AccessControlException;
+    default void checkPermissionWithContext(AuthorizationContext authzContext)
+        throws AccessControlException {
+      throw new AccessControlException("The authorization provider does not "
+          + "implement the checkPermissionWithContext(AuthorizationContext) "
+          + "API.");
+    }
   }
   /**
    * Initialize the provider. This method is called at NameNode startup