diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/Block.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/Block.java
index 2b139b28277..23bfa95b4fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/Block.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/Block.java
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ public class Block implements Writable, Comparable<Block> {
   /**
    */
   public String getBlockName() {
-    return BLOCK_FILE_PREFIX + String.valueOf(blockId);
+    return new StringBuilder().append(BLOCK_FILE_PREFIX)
+        .append(blockId).toString();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -160,7 +161,9 @@ public class Block implements Writable, Comparable<Block> {
    * @return the string representation of the block
    */
   public static String toString(final Block b) {
-    return b.getBlockName() + "_" + b.getGenerationStamp();
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    b.appendStringTo(sb);
+    return sb.toString();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1bdb56c3948..74566aac92e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8477. describe dfs.ha.zkfc.port in hdfs-default.xml.
     (Kanaka Kumar Avvaru via wang)
 
+    HDFS-9350. Avoid creating temprorary strings in Block.toString() and
+    getBlockName() (Staffan Friberg via cmccabe)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES