diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/RequestHedgingProxyProvider.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/RequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
index d8a516e13ea..945e92f68c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/RequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/RequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.StandbyException;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.MultiException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A FailoverProxyProvider implementation that technically does not "failover"
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.MultiException;
 public class RequestHedgingProxyProvider<T> extends
         ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider<T> {
 
-  private static final Log LOG =
-          LogFactory.getLog(RequestHedgingProxyProvider.class);
+  public static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(RequestHedgingProxyProvider.class);
 
   class RequestHedgingInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
 
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public class RequestHedgingProxyProvider<T> extends
           Callable<Object> c = new Callable<Object>() {
             @Override
             public Object call() throws Exception {
+              LOG.trace("Invoking method {} on proxy {}", method,
+                  pEntry.getValue().proxyInfo);
               return method.invoke(pEntry.getValue().proxy, args);
             }
           };
@@ -114,15 +116,14 @@ public class RequestHedgingProxyProvider<T> extends
           try {
             retVal = callResultFuture.get();
             successfulProxy = proxyMap.get(callResultFuture);
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-              LOG.debug("Invocation successful on ["
-                      + successfulProxy.proxyInfo + "]");
-            }
+            LOG.debug("Invocation successful on [{}]",
+                successfulProxy.proxyInfo);
             return retVal;
           } catch (Exception ex) {
             ProxyInfo<T> tProxyInfo = proxyMap.get(callResultFuture);
             logProxyException(ex, tProxyInfo.proxyInfo);
             badResults.put(tProxyInfo.proxyInfo, ex);
+            LOG.trace("Unsuccessful invocation on [{}]", tProxyInfo.proxyInfo);
             numAttempts--;
           }
         }
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ public class RequestHedgingProxyProvider<T> extends
         }
       } finally {
         if (executor != null) {
+          LOG.trace("Shutting down threadpool executor");
           executor.shutdownNow();
         }
       }
@@ -193,12 +195,9 @@ public class RequestHedgingProxyProvider<T> extends
    */
   private void logProxyException(Exception ex, String proxyInfo) {
     if (isStandbyException(ex)) {
-      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-        LOG.debug("Invocation returned standby exception on [" +
-            proxyInfo + "]");
-      }
+      LOG.debug("Invocation returned standby exception on [{}]", proxyInfo);
     } else {
-      LOG.warn("Invocation returned exception on [" + proxyInfo + "]");
+      LOG.warn("Invocation returned exception on [{}]", proxyInfo);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
index 32f807a1e43..2ccfd86dcbc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider.java
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.NamenodeProtocols;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.MultiException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@ public class TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider {
   private URI nnUri;
   private String ns;
 
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setupClass() throws Exception {
+    GenericTestUtils.setLogLevel(RequestHedgingProxyProvider.LOG, Level.TRACE);
+  }
+
   @Before
   public void setup() throws URISyntaxException {
     ns = "mycluster-" + Time.monotonicNow();
@@ -66,13 +74,19 @@ public class TestRequestHedgingProxyProvider {
   @Test
   public void testHedgingWhenOneFails() throws Exception {
     final NamenodeProtocols goodMock = Mockito.mock(NamenodeProtocols.class);
-    Mockito.when(goodMock.getStats()).thenReturn(new long[] {1});
+    Mockito.when(goodMock.getStats()).thenAnswer(new Answer<long[]>() {
+      @Override
+      public long[] answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        return new long[]{1};
+      }
+    });
     final NamenodeProtocols badMock = Mockito.mock(NamenodeProtocols.class);
     Mockito.when(badMock.getStats()).thenThrow(new IOException("Bad mock !!"));
 
     RequestHedgingProxyProvider<NamenodeProtocols> provider =
         new RequestHedgingProxyProvider<>(conf, nnUri, NamenodeProtocols.class,
-            createFactory(goodMock, badMock));
+            createFactory(badMock, goodMock));
     long[] stats = provider.getProxy().proxy.getStats();
     Assert.assertTrue(stats.length == 1);
     Mockito.verify(badMock).getStats();