diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Ls.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Ls.java
index 19383d009cf..32084fc8fef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Ls.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Ls.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ private void adjustColumnWidths(PathData items[]) throws IOException {
       int maxEC = 0;
       for (PathData item : items) {
           ContentSummary contentSummary = item.fs.getContentSummary(item.path);
-          maxEC=maxLength(maxEC,contentSummary.getErasureCodingPolicy().length());
+        maxEC = maxLength(maxEC, contentSummary.getErasureCodingPolicy());
       }
       fmt.append((maxEC > 0) ? "%-" + maxEC + "s " : "%s");
     }