diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
index e38d678e020..7a0a9b802a9 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ function hadoop_java_exec
 
   export CLASSPATH
   #shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  exec "${JAVA}" "-Dproc_${command}" ${HADOOP_OPTS} "${class}" "$@"
+  eval exec '"${JAVA}"' '"-Dproc_${command}"' ${HADOOP_OPTS} '"${class}"' '"$@"'
 }
 
 ## @description  Start a non-privileged daemon in the foreground.
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ function hadoop_start_daemon
 
   export CLASSPATH
   #shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  exec "${JAVA}" "-Dproc_${command}" ${HADOOP_OPTS} "${class}" "$@"
+  eval exec '"${JAVA}"' '"-Dproc_${command}"' ${HADOOP_OPTS} '"${class}"' '"$@"'
 }
 
 ## @description  Start a non-privileged daemon in the background.