diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/FSLimitException.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/FSLimitException.java
index 2ee11f0c378..347d8923d31 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/FSLimitException.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/FSLimitException.java
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ public abstract class FSLimitException extends QuotaExceededException {
       super(msg);
     }
     
-    public MaxDirectoryItemsExceededException(long quota, long count) {
+    public MaxDirectoryItemsExceededException(String path, long quota,
+        long count) {
       super(quota, count);
+      setPathName(path);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
index 9ce244c1583..21483689201 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@ public class FSDirectory implements Closeable {
     final int count = parent.getChildrenList(CURRENT_STATE_ID).size();
     if (count >= maxDirItems) {
       final MaxDirectoryItemsExceededException e
-          = new MaxDirectoryItemsExceededException(maxDirItems, count);
+          = new MaxDirectoryItemsExceededException(parentPath, maxDirItems,
+          count);
       if (namesystem.isImageLoaded()) {
-        e.setPathName(parentPath);
         throw e;
       } else {
         // Do not throw if edits log is still being processed