diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/LocatedFileStatus.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/LocatedFileStatus.java
index 885da07c4ca..dbb751dc44e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/LocatedFileStatus.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/LocatedFileStatus.java
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ public class LocatedFileStatus extends FileStatus {
           Path symlink, Path path, BlockLocation[] locations) {
     this(length, isdir, block_replication, blocksize, modification_time,
         access_time, permission, owner, group, symlink, path,
-        permission.getAclBit(), permission.getEncryptedBit(),
-        permission.getErasureCodedBit(), locations);
+        permission == null ? false : permission.getAclBit(),
+        permission == null ? false : permission.getEncryptedBit(),
+        permission == null ? false : permission.getErasureCodedBit(),
+        locations);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocatedFileStatus.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocatedFileStatus.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4490f923e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocatedFileStatus.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+/**
+ * This class tests the LocatedFileStatus class.
+ */
+public class TestLocatedFileStatus {
+  @Test
+  public void testDeprecatedConstruction() throws IOException {
+    BlockLocation[] locs = new BlockLocation[] {mock(BlockLocation.class)};
+    final boolean isDir = false;
+    final int repl = 3;
+    final long blocksize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+    final long modificationTime = 0;
+    final long accessTime = 0;
+
+    // We should be able to pass null for the permission.
+    LocatedFileStatus lfsNullPerm = new LocatedFileStatus(1, isDir,
+        repl, blocksize, modificationTime, accessTime, null, null, null,
+        null, new Path("/some-file.txt"), locs);
+    FsPermission permission = mock(FsPermission.class);
+
+    // We should also be able to pass a permission or the permission.
+    LocatedFileStatus lfsNonNullPerm = new LocatedFileStatus(1, isDir,
+        repl, blocksize, modificationTime, accessTime, permission, null,
+        null, null, new Path("/some-file.txt"), locs);
+  }
+}