diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
index 09d0952c15f..cfc5ca7dc3b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
@@ -1668,9 +1668,11 @@ public class DFSUtil {
         .setKeytabConfKey(getSpnegoKeytabKey(conf, spnegoKeytabFileKey));
 
     // initialize the webserver for uploading/downloading files.
-    LOG.info("Starting web server as: "
-        + SecurityUtil.getServerPrincipal(conf.get(spnegoUserNameKey),
-            httpAddr.getHostName()));
+    if (UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled()) {
+      LOG.info("Starting web server as: "
+          + SecurityUtil.getServerPrincipal(conf.get(spnegoUserNameKey),
+              httpAddr.getHostName()));
+    }
 
     if (policy.isHttpEnabled()) {
       if (httpAddr.getPort() == 0) {