diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Trash.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Trash.java
index 2d5f540e2d7..aae5cf749b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Trash.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Trash.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
 @InterfaceStability.Stable
 public class Trash extends Configured {
+  private static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG =
+      LogFactory.getLog(Trash.class);
+
   private TrashPolicy trashPolicy; // configured trash policy instance
 
   /** 
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ public static boolean moveToAppropriateTrash(FileSystem fs, Path p,
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // If we can not determine that trash is enabled server side then
       // bail rather than potentially deleting a file when trash is enabled.
+      LOG.warn("Failed to get server trash configuration", e);
       throw new IOException("Failed to get server trash configuration", e);
     }
     Trash trash = new Trash(fullyResolvedFs, conf);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
index cfb51e24ec7..d6a9b4b6222 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ public boolean moveToTrash(Path path) throws IOException {
     for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
       try {
         if (!fs.mkdirs(baseTrashPath, PERMISSION)) {      // create current
-          LOG.warn("Can't create(mkdir) trash directory: "+baseTrashPath);
+          LOG.warn("Can't create(mkdir) trash directory: " + baseTrashPath);
           return false;
         }
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        LOG.warn("Can't create trash directory: "+baseTrashPath);
+        LOG.warn("Can't create trash directory: " + baseTrashPath, e);
         cause = e;
         break;
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1acb9069962..0da2516f5bd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8153. Error Message points to wrong parent directory in case of
     path component name length error (Anu Engineer via jitendra)
 
+    HDFS-8179. DFSClient#getServerDefaults returns null within 1
+    hour of system start. (Xiaoyu Yao via Arpit Agarwal)
+
 Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index 6e4819c666b..227372c6f60 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -653,10 +653,12 @@ public long getBlockSize(String f) throws IOException {
    */
   public FsServerDefaults getServerDefaults() throws IOException {
     long now = Time.monotonicNow();
-    if (now - serverDefaultsLastUpdate > SERVER_DEFAULTS_VALIDITY_PERIOD) {
+    if ((serverDefaults == null) ||
+        (now - serverDefaultsLastUpdate > SERVER_DEFAULTS_VALIDITY_PERIOD)) {
       serverDefaults = namenode.getServerDefaults();
       serverDefaultsLastUpdate = now;
     }
+    assert serverDefaults != null;
     return serverDefaults;
   }
   
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
index 564c759b574..2c7f1a3ccac 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsServerDefaults;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileChecksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -1028,4 +1029,18 @@ public void testDFSClientPeerTimeout() throws IOException {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test(timeout=60000)
+  public void testGetServerDefaults() throws IOException {
+    Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).build();
+    try {
+      cluster.waitActive();
+      DistributedFileSystem dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      FsServerDefaults fsServerDefaults = dfs.getServerDefaults();
+      Assert.assertNotNull(fsServerDefaults);
+    } finally {
+      cluster.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
 }