diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
index a786c6a2204..1d0975111d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
@@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ public class DatanodeManager {
     if (pendingList != null) {
       cmds.add(new BlockCommand(DatanodeProtocol.DNA_TRANSFER, blockPoolId,
           pendingList));
+      maxTransfers -= pendingList.size();
     }
     // check pending erasure coding tasks
     List<BlockECReconstructionInfo> pendingECList = nodeinfo
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
index 30e2aaf7fd0..de002f48573 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeManager.java
@@ -44,13 +44,21 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor.BlockTargetPair;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfoWithStorage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.ExportedBlockKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.StorageInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BlockCommand;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BlockECReconstructionCommand;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BlockECReconstructionCommand.BlockECReconstructionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeCommand;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeRegistration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.SlowDiskReports;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.SlowPeerReports;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.StorageReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.DNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -491,4 +499,47 @@ public class TestDatanodeManager {
     Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected host or host in unexpected position",
         "127.0.0.1:23456", bothAgain.get(1).getInfoAddr());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPendingRecoveryTasks() throws IOException {
+    FSNamesystem fsn = Mockito.mock(FSNamesystem.class);
+    Mockito.when(fsn.hasWriteLock()).thenReturn(true);
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    DatanodeManager dm = Mockito.spy(mockDatanodeManager(fsn, conf));
+
+    int maxTransfers = 20;
+    int numPendingTasks = 7;
+    int numECTasks = maxTransfers - numPendingTasks;
+
+    DatanodeDescriptor nodeInfo = Mockito.mock(DatanodeDescriptor.class);
+    Mockito.when(nodeInfo.isRegistered()).thenReturn(true);
+    Mockito.when(nodeInfo.getStorageInfos())
+        .thenReturn(new DatanodeStorageInfo[0]);
+
+    List<BlockTargetPair> pendingList =
+        Collections.nCopies(numPendingTasks, new BlockTargetPair(null, null));
+    Mockito.when(nodeInfo.getReplicationCommand(maxTransfers))
+        .thenReturn(pendingList);
+    List<BlockECReconstructionInfo> ecPendingList =
+        Collections.nCopies(numECTasks, null);
+
+    Mockito.when(nodeInfo.getErasureCodeCommand(numECTasks))
+        .thenReturn(ecPendingList);
+    DatanodeRegistration dnReg = Mockito.mock(DatanodeRegistration.class);
+    Mockito.when(dm.getDatanode(dnReg)).thenReturn(nodeInfo);
+
+    DatanodeCommand[] cmds = dm.handleHeartbeat(
+        dnReg, new StorageReport[1], "bp-123", 0, 0, 10, maxTransfers, 0, null,
+        SlowPeerReports.EMPTY_REPORT, SlowDiskReports.EMPTY_REPORT);
+
+    assertEquals(2, cmds.length);
+    assertTrue(cmds[0] instanceof BlockCommand);
+    BlockCommand replicaCmd = (BlockCommand) cmds[0];
+    assertEquals(numPendingTasks, replicaCmd.getBlocks().length);
+    assertEquals(numPendingTasks, replicaCmd.getTargets().length);
+    assertTrue(cmds[1] instanceof BlockECReconstructionCommand);
+    BlockECReconstructionCommand ecRecoveryCmd =
+        (BlockECReconstructionCommand) cmds[1];
+    assertEquals(numECTasks, ecRecoveryCmd.getECTasks().size());
+  }
 }