diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
index 0771c28243a..8841d99661e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeAdminManager.java
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public class DatanodeAdminManager {
     try {
       cls = conf.getClass(
           DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DECOMMISSION_MONITOR_CLASS,
-          DatanodeAdminDefaultMonitor.class);
+          Class.forName(DFSConfigKeys
+                  .DFS_NAMENODE_DECOMMISSION_MONITOR_CLASS_DEFAULT));
       monitor =
           (DatanodeAdminMonitorInterface)ReflectionUtils.newInstance(cls, conf);
       monitor.setBlockManager(blockManager);