diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c31de2e8dc9..53a74e028ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1695,6 +1695,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-9701. DN may deadlock when hot-swapping under load. (Xiao Chen via lei)
 
+    HDFS-9718. HAUtil#getConfForOtherNodes should unset independent generic keys
+    before initialize (DENG FEI via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
index 7800596f0a7..91853953f38 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_NAMENODE_ID_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HTTPS_ADDRESS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HTTPS_BIND_HOST_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HTTP_ADDRESS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HTTP_BIND_HOST_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_LIFELINE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_LIFELINE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SHARED_EDITS_DIR_KEY;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -64,6 +73,19 @@ public class HAUtil {
   private static final DelegationTokenSelector tokenSelector =
       new DelegationTokenSelector();
 
+  private static final String[] HA_SPECIAL_INDEPENDENT_KEYS = new String []{
+    DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_LIFELINE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_LIFELINE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_BIND_HOST_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_HTTP_ADDRESS_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_HTTPS_ADDRESS_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_HTTP_BIND_HOST_KEY,
+    DFS_NAMENODE_HTTPS_BIND_HOST_KEY
+  };
+
   private HAUtil() { /* Hidden constructor */ }
 
   /**
@@ -188,6 +210,10 @@ public static Configuration getConfForOtherNode(
     
     // Look up the address of the active NN.
     Configuration confForOtherNode = new Configuration(myConf);
+    // unset independent properties
+    for (String idpKey : HA_SPECIAL_INDEPENDENT_KEYS) {
+      confForOtherNode.unset(idpKey);
+    }
     NameNode.initializeGenericKeys(confForOtherNode, nsId, otherNn);
     return confForOtherNode;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAConfiguration.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAConfiguration.java
index c4a29883eed..90ccd86a184 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAConfiguration.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EDITS_DIR_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SHARED_EDITS_DIR_KEY;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HAUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode;
@@ -127,4 +130,23 @@ public void testSecondaryNameNodeDoesNotStart() throws IOException {
           "Cannot use SecondaryNameNode in an HA cluster", ioe);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetOtherNNGenericConf() throws IOException {
+    String nsId = "ns1";
+    String host1 = "1.2.3.1";
+    String host2 = "1.2.3.2";
+    Configuration conf = getHAConf(nsId, host1, host2);
+    conf.set(DFSUtil.addKeySuffixes(
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY, nsId, "nn1"), host1
+        + ":54321");
+    conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMESERVICE_ID, "ns1");
+    NameNode.initializeGenericKeys(conf, "ns1", "nn1");
+
+    Configuration nn2Conf = HAUtil.getConfForOtherNode(conf);
+    assertEquals(nn2Conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_NAMENODE_ID_KEY), "nn2");
+    assertTrue(!conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY).equals(
+        nn2Conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY)));
+    assertNull(nn2Conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY));
+  }
 }