diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneClientUtils.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneClientUtils.java
index 9ccd23cc314..19bfc18cac0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneClientUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneClientUtils.java
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ public final class OzoneClientUtils {
    * @return a default instance of {@link CloseableHttpClient}.
    */
   public static CloseableHttpClient newHttpClient() {
-    return OzoneClientUtils.newHttpClient(null);
+    return OzoneClientUtils.newHttpClient(new OzoneConfiguration());
   }
 
   /**