diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
index e16a0d0bb0e..6a3cb80a5ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
@@ -783,9 +783,11 @@ class JobResourceUploader {
   void copyJar(Path originalJarPath, Path submitJarFile,
       short replication) throws IOException {
     jtFs.copyFromLocalFile(originalJarPath, submitJarFile);
-    jtFs.setReplication(submitJarFile, replication);
+    // The operation of setReplication requires certain permissions
+    // so we need to make sure it has enough permissions
     jtFs.setPermission(submitJarFile, new FsPermission(
         JobSubmissionFiles.JOB_FILE_PERMISSION));
+    jtFs.setReplication(submitJarFile, replication);
   }
 
   private void addLog4jToDistributedCache(Job job, Path jobSubmitDir)