diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockReconstructionWork.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockReconstructionWork.java
index 3f591e8bdd6..d3831915848 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockReconstructionWork.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockReconstructionWork.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ abstract class BlockReconstructionWork {
   private final BlockInfo block;
 
   private final String srcPath;
+  private final long blockSize;
   private final byte storagePolicyID;
 
   /**
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ abstract class BlockReconstructionWork {
       int priority) {
     this.block = block;
     this.srcPath = bc.getName();
+    this.blockSize = block.getNumBytes();
     this.storagePolicyID = bc.getStoragePolicyID();
     this.srcNodes = srcNodes;
     this.containingNodes = containingNodes;
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ abstract class BlockReconstructionWork {
     return srcPath;
   }
 
+  public long getBlockSize() {
+    return blockSize;
+  }
+
   public byte getStoragePolicyID() {
     return storagePolicyID;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ErasureCodingWork.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ErasureCodingWork.java
index a23b1d5f5f1..147f8cfe6e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ErasureCodingWork.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ErasureCodingWork.java
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ class ErasureCodingWork extends BlockReconstructionWork {
     // TODO: new placement policy for EC considering multiple writers
     DatanodeStorageInfo[] chosenTargets = blockplacement.chooseTarget(
         getSrcPath(), getAdditionalReplRequired(), getSrcNodes()[0],
-        getLiveReplicaStorages(), false, excludedNodes,
-        getBlock().getNumBytes(),
+        getLiveReplicaStorages(), false, excludedNodes, getBlockSize(),
         storagePolicySuite.getPolicy(getStoragePolicyID()), null);
     setTargets(chosenTargets);
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ReplicationWork.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ReplicationWork.java
index 26c38cb164e..f250bcbaa47 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ReplicationWork.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/ReplicationWork.java
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ class ReplicationWork extends BlockReconstructionWork {
     try {
       DatanodeStorageInfo[] chosenTargets = blockplacement.chooseTarget(
           getSrcPath(), getAdditionalReplRequired(), getSrcNodes()[0],
-          getLiveReplicaStorages(), false, excludedNodes,
-          getBlock().getNumBytes(),
-          storagePolicySuite.getPolicy(getStoragePolicyID()),
-          null);
+          getLiveReplicaStorages(), false, excludedNodes, getBlockSize(),
+          storagePolicySuite.getPolicy(getStoragePolicyID()), null);
       setTargets(chosenTargets);
     } finally {
       getSrcNodes()[0].decrementPendingReplicationWithoutTargets();