diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
index 9f5c8cfa9d0..b528fdbc136 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public class WebHdfsFileSystem extends FileSystem
               failoverSleepMaxMillis);
     }
 
-    this.workingDir = makeQualified(getHomeDirectory());
+    this.workingDir = makeQualified(new Path(getHomeDirectoryString(ugi)));
     this.canRefreshDelegationToken = UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled();
     this.disallowFallbackToInsecureCluster = !conf.getBoolean(
         CommonConfigurationKeys.IPC_CLIENT_FALLBACK_TO_SIMPLE_AUTH_ALLOWED_KEY,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 6d928c0d270..8a3bec8f832 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1156,6 +1156,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-7899. Improve EOF error message (Jagadesh Kiran N via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-9196. Fix TestWebHdfsContentLength. (Masatake Iwasaki via jing9)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES