diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/CannotObtainBlockLengthException.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/CannotObtainBlockLengthException.java
index 6da1d67b9ae..d6b2856a125 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/CannotObtainBlockLengthException.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/CannotObtainBlockLengthException.java
@@ -52,4 +52,16 @@ public class CannotObtainBlockLengthException extends IOException {
     super("Cannot obtain block length for " + locatedBlock);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructs an {@code CannotObtainBlockLengthException} with the
+   * specified LocatedBlock and file that failed to obtain block length.
+   *
+   * @param locatedBlock
+   *        The LocatedBlock instance which block length can not be obtained
+   * @param src The file which include this block
+   */
+  public CannotObtainBlockLengthException(LocatedBlock locatedBlock,
+      String src) {
+    super("Cannot obtain block length for " + locatedBlock + " of " + src);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index f877c9dd768..8355cec9377 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class DFSInputStream extends FSInputStream
       return 0;
     }
 
-    throw new CannotObtainBlockLengthException(locatedblock);
+    throw new CannotObtainBlockLengthException(locatedblock, src);
   }
 
   public long getFileLength() {