diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/RetriableFileCopyCommand.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/RetriableFileCopyCommand.java
index fa9193077ac..52834b974e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/RetriableFileCopyCommand.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/RetriableFileCopyCommand.java
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ private Path getTempFile(Path target, Mapper.Context context) {
     Path root = target.equals(targetWorkPath) ? targetWorkPath.getParent()
         : targetWorkPath;
     Path tempFile = new Path(root, ".distcp.tmp." +
-        context.getTaskAttemptID().toString());
+        context.getTaskAttemptID().toString() +
+        "." + String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()));
     LOG.info("Creating temp file: {}", tempFile);
     return tempFile;
   }