diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
index fd0d7849c90..4c3aed714e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
@@ -2277,6 +2277,22 @@ public synchronized DataNodeProperties stopDataNode(String dnName) {
     return stopDataNode(node);
   }
 
+  /*
+   * Restart a DataNode by name.
+   * @return true if DataNode restart is successful else returns false
+   */
+  public synchronized boolean restartDataNode(String dnName)
+      throws IOException {
+    for (int i = 0; i < dataNodes.size(); i++) {
+      DataNode dn = dataNodes.get(i).datanode;
+      if (dnName.equals(dn.getDatanodeId().getXferAddr())) {
+        return restartDataNode(i);
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+
   /*
    * Shutdown a particular datanode
    * @param i node index
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks.java
index f3b8dd84f82..756adbe0ef1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.DatanodeReportType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ public class TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks {
       .getLog(TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks.class);
   private MiniDFSCluster cluster;
   private DistributedFileSystem fs;
+  private DFSClient dfsClient;
   private Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
   private final ErasureCodingPolicy ecPolicy =
       StripedFileTestUtil.getDefaultECPolicy();
@@ -49,7 +52,9 @@ public class TestReadStripedFileWithMissingBlocks {
   private final int stripPerBlock = 4;
   private final int blockSize = stripPerBlock * cellSize;
   private final int blockGroupSize = blockSize * dataBlocks;
-  private final int numDNs = dataBlocks + parityBlocks;
+  // Starting with two more datanodes, minimum 9 should be up for
+  // test to pass.
+  private final int numDNs = dataBlocks + parityBlocks + 2;
   private final int fileLength = blockSize * dataBlocks + 123;
 
   @Rule
@@ -63,6 +68,8 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
         "/", ecPolicy.getName());
     fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
     fs.enableErasureCodingPolicy(ecPolicy.getName());
+    dfsClient = new DFSClient(cluster.getNameNode(0).getNameNodeAddress(),
+        conf);
   }
 
   public void tearDown() throws IOException {
@@ -74,29 +81,34 @@ public void tearDown() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testReadFileWithMissingBlocks() throws Exception {
-    for (int missingData = 1; missingData <= dataBlocks; missingData++) {
-      for (int missingParity = 0; missingParity <=
-          parityBlocks - missingData; missingParity++) {
-        try {
-          setup();
-          readFileWithMissingBlocks(new Path("/foo"), fileLength,
-              missingData, missingParity);
-        } finally {
-          tearDown();
+    try {
+      setup();
+      Path srcPath = new Path("/foo");
+      final byte[] expected = StripedFileTestUtil.generateBytes(fileLength);
+      DFSTestUtil.writeFile(fs, srcPath, new String(expected));
+      StripedFileTestUtil
+          .waitBlockGroupsReported(fs, srcPath.toUri().getPath());
+      StripedFileTestUtil.verifyLength(fs, srcPath, fileLength);
+
+      for (int missingData = 1; missingData <= dataBlocks; missingData++) {
+        for (int missingParity = 0; missingParity <=
+            parityBlocks - missingData; missingParity++) {
+          readFileWithMissingBlocks(srcPath, fileLength, missingData,
+              missingParity, expected);
         }
       }
+    } finally {
+      tearDown();
     }
   }
 
+
   private void readFileWithMissingBlocks(Path srcPath, int fileLength,
-      int missingDataNum, int missingParityNum)
+      int missingDataNum, int missingParityNum, byte[] expected)
       throws Exception {
     LOG.info("readFileWithMissingBlocks: (" + missingDataNum + ","
         + missingParityNum + ")");
-    final byte[] expected = StripedFileTestUtil.generateBytes(fileLength);
-    DFSTestUtil.writeFile(fs, srcPath, new String(expected));
-    StripedFileTestUtil.waitBlockGroupsReported(fs, srcPath.toUri().getPath());
-    StripedFileTestUtil.verifyLength(fs, srcPath, fileLength);
+
     int dataBlocks = (fileLength - 1) / cellSize + 1;
     BlockLocation[] locs = fs.getFileBlockLocations(srcPath, 0, cellSize);
 
@@ -112,7 +124,8 @@ private void readFileWithMissingBlocks(Path srcPath, int fileLength,
 
     // make sure there are missing block locations
     BlockLocation[] newLocs = fs.getFileBlockLocations(srcPath, 0, cellSize);
-    Assert.assertTrue(newLocs[0].getNames().length < locs[0].getNames().length);
+    Assert.assertTrue(
+        newLocs[0].getNames().length < locs[0].getNames().length);
 
     byte[] smallBuf = new byte[1024];
     byte[] largeBuf = new byte[fileLength + 100];
@@ -120,10 +133,18 @@ private void readFileWithMissingBlocks(Path srcPath, int fileLength,
         blockGroupSize);
     StripedFileTestUtil.verifyStatefulRead(fs, srcPath, fileLength, expected,
         smallBuf);
-    StripedFileTestUtil.verifyPread(fs, srcPath, fileLength, expected, largeBuf);
+    StripedFileTestUtil
+        .verifyPread(fs, srcPath, fileLength, expected, largeBuf);
+    restartDeadDataNodes();
+  }
 
-    // delete the file
-    fs.delete(srcPath, true);
+  private void restartDeadDataNodes() throws IOException {
+    DatanodeInfo[] deadNodes = dfsClient
+        .datanodeReport(DatanodeReportType.DEAD);
+    for (DatanodeInfo dnInfo : deadNodes) {
+      cluster.restartDataNode(dnInfo.getXferAddr());
+    }
+    cluster.triggerHeartbeats();
   }
 
   private void stopDataNodes(BlockLocation[] locs, int[] datanodes)