diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 925a85e1068..434f4872908 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-2956. calling fetchdt without a --renewer argument throws NPE
     (vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-7608. hdfs dfsclient newConnectedPeer has no write timeout (Xiaoyu Yao
+    via Colin P. McCabe)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index 922c0658423..0ebe4884c45 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -3101,6 +3101,7 @@ public class DFSClient implements java.io.Closeable, RemotePeerFactory,
       peer = TcpPeerServer.peerFromSocketAndKey(saslClient, sock, this,
           blockToken, datanodeId);
       peer.setReadTimeout(socketTimeout);
+      peer.setWriteTimeout(socketTimeout);
       success = true;
       return peer;
     } finally {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
index 5c4fd8c9cff..ce519388ce5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -1009,10 +1009,9 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
   }
-  
-  
+
   @Test(timeout=10000)
-  public void testDFSClientPeerTimeout() throws IOException {
+  public void testDFSClientPeerReadTimeout() throws IOException {
     final int timeout = 1000;
     final Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_KEY, timeout);
@@ -1029,11 +1028,11 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
       long start = Time.now();
       try {
         peer.getInputStream().read();
-        Assert.fail("should timeout");
+        Assert.fail("read should timeout");
       } catch (SocketTimeoutException ste) {
         long delta = Time.now() - start;
-        Assert.assertTrue("timedout too soon", delta >= timeout*0.9);
-        Assert.assertTrue("timedout too late", delta <= timeout*1.1);
+        Assert.assertTrue("read timedout too soon", delta >= timeout*0.9);
+        Assert.assertTrue("read timedout too late", delta <= timeout*1.1);
       } catch (Throwable t) {
         Assert.fail("wrong exception:"+t);
       }
@@ -1055,4 +1054,36 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test(timeout=10000)
+  public void testDFSClientPeerWriteTimeout() throws IOException {
+    final int timeout = 1000;
+    final Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_KEY, timeout);
+
+    // only need cluster to create a dfs client to get a peer
+    final MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).build();
+    try {
+      cluster.waitActive();
+      DistributedFileSystem dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      // Write 1 MB to a dummy socket to ensure the write times out
+      ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0);
+      Peer peer = dfs.getClient().newConnectedPeer(
+        (InetSocketAddress) socket.getLocalSocketAddress(), null, null);
+      long start = Time.now();
+      try {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[1024 * 1024];
+        peer.getOutputStream().write(buf);
+        Assert.fail("write should timeout");
+      } catch (SocketTimeoutException ste) {
+        long delta = Time.now() - start;
+        Assert.assertTrue("write timedout too soon", delta >= timeout * 0.9);
+        Assert.assertTrue("write timedout too late", delta <= timeout * 1.1);
+      } catch (Throwable t) {
+        Assert.fail("wrong exception:" + t);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      cluster.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
 }