diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index dcaa108341c..7eb94fc6374 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5257. addBlock() retry should return LocatedBlock with locations else client 
     will get AIOBE. (Vinay via jing9)
 
+    HDFS-5427. Not able to read deleted files from snapshot directly under 
+    snapshottable dir after checkpoint and NN restart. (Vinay via jing9)
+
 Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
index 74f5219c491..7f70d01b82b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
@@ -586,8 +586,12 @@ public class FSImageFormat {
     namesystem.dir.cacheName(child);
 
     if (child.isFile()) {
+      updateBlocksMap(child.asFile());
+    }
+  }
+
+    public void updateBlocksMap(INodeFile file) {
       // Add file->block mapping
-      final INodeFile file = child.asFile();
       final BlockInfo[] blocks = file.getBlocks();
       if (blocks != null) {
         final BlockManager bm = namesystem.getBlockManager();
@@ -596,7 +600,6 @@ public class FSImageFormat {
         } 
       }
     }
-  }
 
     /** @return The FSDirectory of the namesystem where the fsimage is loaded */
     public FSDirectory getFSDirectoryInLoading() {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/SnapshotFSImageFormat.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/SnapshotFSImageFormat.java
index 3a46023ab1b..01233dd7eca 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/SnapshotFSImageFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/SnapshotFSImageFormat.java
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ public class SnapshotFSImageFormat {
       // useful, but set the parent here to be consistent with the original 
       // fsdir tree.
       deleted.setParent(parent);
+      if (deleted.isFile()) {
+        loader.updateBlocksMap(deleted.asFile());
+      }
     }
     return deletedList;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotBlocksMap.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotBlocksMap.java
index 91f28ade185..9bf8c434fb7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotBlocksMap.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotBlocksMap.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFile;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeAdapter;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -205,4 +208,70 @@ public class TestSnapshotBlocksMap {
       assertExceptionContains("File does not exist: " + s1f0, e);
     }
   }
+
+  /*
+   * Try to read the files inside snapshot but deleted in original place after
+   * restarting post checkpoint. refer HDFS-5427
+   */
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testReadSnapshotFileWithCheckpoint() throws Exception {
+    Path foo = new Path("/foo");
+    hdfs.mkdirs(foo);
+    hdfs.allowSnapshot(foo);
+    Path bar = new Path("/foo/bar");
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(hdfs, bar, 100, (short) 2, 100024L);
+    hdfs.createSnapshot(foo, "s1");
+    assertTrue(hdfs.delete(bar, true));
+
+    // checkpoint
+    NameNode nameNode = cluster.getNameNode();
+    NameNodeAdapter.enterSafeMode(nameNode, false);
+    NameNodeAdapter.saveNamespace(nameNode);
+    NameNodeAdapter.leaveSafeMode(nameNode);
+
+    // restart namenode to load snapshot files from fsimage
+    cluster.restartNameNode(true);
+    String snapshotPath = Snapshot.getSnapshotPath(foo.toString(), "s1/bar");
+    DFSTestUtil.readFile(hdfs, new Path(snapshotPath));
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Try to read the files inside snapshot but renamed to different file and
+   * deleted after restarting post checkpoint. refer HDFS-5427
+   */
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testReadRenamedSnapshotFileWithCheckpoint() throws Exception {
+    final Path foo = new Path("/foo");
+    final Path foo2 = new Path("/foo2");
+    hdfs.mkdirs(foo);
+    hdfs.mkdirs(foo2);
+
+    hdfs.allowSnapshot(foo);
+    hdfs.allowSnapshot(foo2);
+    final Path bar = new Path(foo, "bar");
+    final Path bar2 = new Path(foo2, "bar");
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(hdfs, bar, 100, (short) 2, 100024L);
+    hdfs.createSnapshot(foo, "s1");
+    // rename to another snapshottable directory and take snapshot
+    assertTrue(hdfs.rename(bar, bar2));
+    hdfs.createSnapshot(foo2, "s2");
+    // delete the original renamed file to make sure blocks are not updated by
+    // the original file
+    assertTrue(hdfs.delete(bar2, true));
+
+    // checkpoint
+    NameNode nameNode = cluster.getNameNode();
+    NameNodeAdapter.enterSafeMode(nameNode, false);
+    NameNodeAdapter.saveNamespace(nameNode);
+    NameNodeAdapter.leaveSafeMode(nameNode);
+    // restart namenode to load snapshot files from fsimage
+    cluster.restartNameNode(true);
+    // file in first snapshot
+    String barSnapshotPath = Snapshot.getSnapshotPath(foo.toString(), "s1/bar");
+    DFSTestUtil.readFile(hdfs, new Path(barSnapshotPath));
+    // file in second snapshot after rename+delete
+    String bar2SnapshotPath = Snapshot.getSnapshotPath(foo2.toString(),
+        "s2/bar");
+    DFSTestUtil.readFile(hdfs, new Path(bar2SnapshotPath));
+  }
 }