diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index 528f6c270f4..e3c8d0dd3fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -4013,12 +4013,19 @@ public abstract class FileSystem extends Configured
      * Background action to act on references being removed.
      */
     private static class StatisticsDataReferenceCleaner implements Runnable {
+      /**
+       * Represents the timeout period expires for remove reference objects from
+       * the STATS_DATA_REF_QUEUE when the queue is empty.
+       */
+      private static final int REF_QUEUE_POLL_TIMEOUT = 10000;
+
       @Override
       public void run() {
         while (!Thread.interrupted()) {
           try {
             StatisticsDataReference ref =
-                (StatisticsDataReference)STATS_DATA_REF_QUEUE.remove();
+                (StatisticsDataReference)STATS_DATA_REF_QUEUE.
+                        remove(REF_QUEUE_POLL_TIMEOUT);
             ref.cleanUp();
           } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
             LOGGER.warn("Cleaner thread interrupted, will stop", ie);