diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/ActiveStandbyElector.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/ActiveStandbyElector.java
index cbd610c7fd5..1ce116e3955 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/ActiveStandbyElector.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/ActiveStandbyElector.java
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ public class ActiveStandbyElector implements StatCallback, StringCallback {
         List<ACL> acl = zkClient.getACL(path, stat);
         if (acl == null || !acl.containsAll(zkAcl) ||
             !zkAcl.containsAll(acl)) {
-          zkClient.setACL(path, zkAcl, stat.getVersion());
+          zkClient.setACL(path, zkAcl, stat.getAversion());
         }
         return null;
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/TestActiveStandbyElectorRealZK.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/TestActiveStandbyElectorRealZK.java
index fb8c236c8fd..59c08868276 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/TestActiveStandbyElectorRealZK.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ha/TestActiveStandbyElectorRealZK.java
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ha.ActiveStandbyElector.ActiveStandbyElectorCallback;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ha.ActiveStandbyElector.State;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ZKUtil.ZKAuthInfo;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.CreateMode;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.ZooDefs.Ids;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.AdditionalMatchers;
@@ -256,4 +258,30 @@ public class TestActiveStandbyElectorRealZK extends ClientBaseWithFixes {
     Mockito.verify(cbs[1], Mockito.never()).becomeActive();
     checkFatalsAndReset();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Test to verify that proper ZooKeeper ACLs can be updated on
+   * ActiveStandbyElector's parent znode.
+   */
+  @Test(timeout = 15000)
+  public void testSetZooKeeperACLsOnParentZnodeName()
+      throws Exception {
+    ActiveStandbyElectorCallback cb =
+        Mockito.mock(ActiveStandbyElectorCallback.class);
+    ActiveStandbyElector elector =
+        new ActiveStandbyElector(hostPort, 5000, PARENT_DIR,
+            Ids.READ_ACL_UNSAFE, Collections.<ZKAuthInfo>emptyList(), cb,
+            CommonConfigurationKeys.HA_FC_ELECTOR_ZK_OP_RETRIES_DEFAULT);
+
+    // Simulate the case by pre-creating znode 'parentZnodeName'. Then updates
+    // znode's data so that data version will be increased to 1. Here znode's
+    // aversion is 0.
+    ZooKeeper otherClient = createClient();
+    otherClient.create(PARENT_DIR, "sample1".getBytes(), Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE,
+        CreateMode.PERSISTENT);
+    otherClient.setData(PARENT_DIR, "sample2".getBytes(), -1);
+    otherClient.close();
+
+    elector.ensureParentZNode();
+  }
 }