diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 749c72f5fd5..83bac85b638 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     if the override value is same as the final parameter value.
     (Ravi Prakash via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-10673. Update rpc metrics when the call throws an exception. (Ming Ma
+    via jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
index 3bdcbd9856b..64615d22f85 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
@@ -599,24 +599,35 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
             .mergeFrom(request.theRequestRead).build();
         
         Message result;
+        long startTime = Time.now();
+        int qTime = (int) (startTime - receiveTime);
+        Exception exception = null;
         try {
-          long startTime = Time.now();
           server.rpcDetailedMetrics.init(protocolImpl.protocolClass);
           result = service.callBlockingMethod(methodDescriptor, null, param);
-          int processingTime = (int) (Time.now() - startTime);
-          int qTime = (int) (startTime - receiveTime);
-          if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOG.info("Served: " + methodName + " queueTime= " + qTime +
-                      " procesingTime= " + processingTime);
-          }
-          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcQueueTime(qTime);
-          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcProcessingTime(processingTime);
-          server.rpcDetailedMetrics.addProcessingTime(methodName,
-              processingTime);
         } catch (ServiceException e) {
+          exception = (Exception) e.getCause();
           throw (Exception) e.getCause();
         } catch (Exception e) {
+          exception = e;
           throw e;
+        } finally {
+          int processingTime = (int) (Time.now() - startTime);
+          if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            String msg = "Served: " + methodName + " queueTime= " + qTime +
+                " procesingTime= " + processingTime;
+            if (exception != null) {
+              msg += " exception= " + exception.getClass().getSimpleName();
+            }
+            LOG.debug(msg);
+          }
+          String detailedMetricsName = (exception == null) ?
+              methodName :
+              exception.getClass().getSimpleName();
+          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcQueueTime(qTime);
+          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcProcessingTime(processingTime);
+          server.rpcDetailedMetrics.addProcessingTime(detailedMetricsName,
+              processingTime);
         }
         return new RpcResponseWrapper(result);
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
index 0f11c97c9eb..24dd0c21b82 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ public abstract class Server {
   private int readThreads;                        // number of read threads
   private int readerPendingConnectionQueue;         // number of connections to queue per read thread
   private Class<? extends Writable> rpcRequestClass;   // class used for deserializing the rpc request
-  protected RpcMetrics rpcMetrics;
-  protected RpcDetailedMetrics rpcDetailedMetrics;
+  final protected RpcMetrics rpcMetrics;
+  final protected RpcDetailedMetrics rpcDetailedMetrics;
   
   private Configuration conf;
   private String portRangeConfig = null;
@@ -2494,12 +2494,8 @@ public abstract class Server {
     listener.doStop();
     responder.interrupt();
     notifyAll();
-    if (this.rpcMetrics != null) {
-      this.rpcMetrics.shutdown();
-    }
-    if (this.rpcDetailedMetrics != null) {
-      this.rpcDetailedMetrics.shutdown();
-    }
+    this.rpcMetrics.shutdown();
+    this.rpcDetailedMetrics.shutdown();
   }
 
   /** Wait for the server to be stopped.
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/WritableRpcEngine.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/WritableRpcEngine.java
index 34823b34d1f..04ab4dc2699 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/WritableRpcEngine.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/WritableRpcEngine.java
@@ -471,37 +471,29 @@ public class WritableRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
           
 
           // Invoke the protocol method
+       long startTime = Time.now();
+       int qTime = (int) (startTime-receivedTime);
+       Exception exception = null;
        try {
-          long startTime = Time.now();
-          Method method = 
+          Method method =
               protocolImpl.protocolClass.getMethod(call.getMethodName(),
               call.getParameterClasses());
           method.setAccessible(true);
           server.rpcDetailedMetrics.init(protocolImpl.protocolClass);
           Object value = 
               method.invoke(protocolImpl.protocolImpl, call.getParameters());
-          int processingTime = (int) (Time.now() - startTime);
-          int qTime = (int) (startTime-receivedTime);
-          if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOG.debug("Served: " + call.getMethodName() +
-                      " queueTime= " + qTime +
-                      " procesingTime= " + processingTime);
-          }
-          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcQueueTime(qTime);
-          server.rpcMetrics.addRpcProcessingTime(processingTime);
-          server.rpcDetailedMetrics.addProcessingTime(call.getMethodName(),
-                                               processingTime);
           if (server.verbose) log("Return: "+value);
-
           return new ObjectWritable(method.getReturnType(), value);
 
         } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
           Throwable target = e.getTargetException();
           if (target instanceof IOException) {
+            exception = (IOException)target;
             throw (IOException)target;
           } else {
             IOException ioe = new IOException(target.toString());
             ioe.setStackTrace(target.getStackTrace());
+            exception = ioe;
             throw ioe;
           }
         } catch (Throwable e) {
@@ -510,8 +502,27 @@ public class WritableRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
           }
           IOException ioe = new IOException(e.toString());
           ioe.setStackTrace(e.getStackTrace());
+          exception = ioe;
           throw ioe;
-        }
+        } finally {
+         int processingTime = (int) (Time.now() - startTime);
+         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+           String msg = "Served: " + call.getMethodName() +
+               " queueTime= " + qTime +
+               " procesingTime= " + processingTime;
+           if (exception != null) {
+             msg += " exception= " + exception.getClass().getSimpleName();
+           }
+           LOG.debug(msg);
+         }
+         String detailedMetricsName = (exception == null) ?
+             call.getMethodName() :
+             exception.getClass().getSimpleName();
+         server.rpcMetrics.addRpcQueueTime(qTime);
+         server.rpcMetrics.addRpcProcessingTime(processingTime);
+         server.rpcDetailedMetrics.addProcessingTime(detailedMetricsName,
+             processingTime);
+       }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPC.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPC.java
index 45499f5c98f..dfbc91c43a6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPC.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPC.java
@@ -496,6 +496,8 @@ public class TestRPC {
       caught = true;
     }
     assertTrue(caught);
+    rb = getMetrics(server.rpcDetailedMetrics.name());
+    assertCounter("IOExceptionNumOps", 1L, rb);
 
     proxy.testServerGet();