diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
index 2f9ed19f398..2a6bd212742 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -2837,8 +2837,7 @@ public class DistributedFileSystem extends FileSystem {
             }
           }
         } else {
-          Path userTrash = new Path(ezTrashRoot, System.getProperty(
-              "user.name"));
+          Path userTrash = new Path(ezTrashRoot, dfs.ugi.getShortUserName());
           try {
             ret.add(getFileStatus(userTrash));
           } catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestTrashWithSecureEncryptionZones.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestTrashWithSecureEncryptionZones.java
index 314adfb7a56..a8e2a7114ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestTrashWithSecureEncryptionZones.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestTrashWithSecureEncryptionZones.java
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ public class TestTrashWithSecureEncryptionZones {
     clientConf = new Configuration(conf);
     clientConf.setLong(FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY, 1);
     shell = new FsShell(clientConf);
-    System.setProperty("user.name", HDFS_USER_NAME);
   }
 
   @AfterClass