diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 541dc9900a7..417143364e0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1509,6 +1509,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9110. Use Files.walkFileTree in NNUpgradeUtil#doPreUpgrade for
     better efficiency. (Charlie Helin via wang)
 
+    HDFS-9221. HdfsServerConstants#ReplicaState#getState should avoid calling
+    values() since it creates a temporary array. (Staffan Friberg via yliu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/HdfsServerConstants.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/HdfsServerConstants.java
index 6208a7dcece..13c9137a175 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/HdfsServerConstants.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/HdfsServerConstants.java
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ public interface HdfsServerConstants {
     /** Temporary replica: created for replication and relocation only. */
     TEMPORARY(4);
 
+    private static final ReplicaState[] cachedValues = ReplicaState.values();
+
     private final int value;
 
     ReplicaState(int v) {
@@ -310,12 +312,12 @@ public interface HdfsServerConstants {
     }
 
     public static ReplicaState getState(int v) {
-      return ReplicaState.values()[v];
+      return cachedValues[v];
     }
 
     /** Read from in */
     public static ReplicaState read(DataInput in) throws IOException {
-      return values()[in.readByte()];
+      return cachedValues[in.readByte()];
     }
 
     /** Write to out */