diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
index 142785a88e4..2711bff0ff2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
@@ -1202,6 +1202,9 @@ public class ViewFileSystem extends FileSystem {
           INodeLink<FileSystem> link = (INodeLink<FileSystem>) inode;
           try {
             String linkedPath = link.getTargetFileSystem().getUri().getPath();
+            if("".equals(linkedPath)) {
+              linkedPath = "/";
+            }
             FileStatus status =
                 ((ChRootedFileSystem)link.getTargetFileSystem())
                 .getMyFs().getFileStatus(new Path(linkedPath));