diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
index 39d5e73f0ba..55580676deb 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ public class TrashPolicyDefault extends TrashPolicy {
     public void run() {
       if (emptierInterval == 0)
         return;                                   // trash disabled
-      long now = Time.now();
-      long end;
+      long now, end;
       while (true) {
+        now = Time.now();
         end = ceiling(now, emptierInterval);
         try {                                     // sleep for interval
           Thread.sleep(end - now);