diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
index e2449c7d6b9..ce7546eedda 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ public class DistributedFileSystem extends FileSystem {
       EncryptionZone ez = dfs.getEZForPath(parentSrc);
       if ((ez != null)) {
         return this.makeQualified(
-            new Path(ez.getPath() + "/" + FileSystem.TRASH_PREFIX +
+            new Path(ez.getPath(), FileSystem.TRASH_PREFIX +
                 dfs.ugi.getShortUserName()));
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 6af723f0bfc..27bac54ee7a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1014,6 +1014,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9084. Pagination, sorting and filtering of files/directories in the
     HDFS Web UI. (Ravi Prakash via ozawa)
 
+    HDFS-9844. Correct path creation in getTrashRoot to handle root dir. (zhz)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestEncryptionZones.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestEncryptionZones.java
index 551c333ac58..0057c0d5894 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestEncryptionZones.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestEncryptionZones.java
@@ -1428,6 +1428,20 @@ public class TestEncryptionZones {
     verifyShellDeleteWithTrash(shell, topEZ);
   }
 
+  @Test(timeout = 120000)
+  public void testRootDirEZTrash() throws Exception {
+    final HdfsAdmin dfsAdmin =
+        new HdfsAdmin(FileSystem.getDefaultUri(conf), conf);
+    dfsAdmin.createEncryptionZone(new Path("/"), TEST_KEY);
+    final Path encFile = new Path("/encFile");
+    final int len = 8192;
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, encFile, len, (short) 1, 0xFEED);
+    Configuration clientConf = new Configuration(conf);
+    clientConf.setLong(FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY, 1);
+    FsShell shell = new FsShell(clientConf);
+    verifyShellDeleteWithTrash(shell, encFile);
+  }
+
   private void verifyShellDeleteWithTrash(FsShell shell, Path path)
       throws Exception{
     try {