diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
index e9d53f64a76..96932a7b5c4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
@@ -39,9 +38,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicy.RetryAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.AlignmentContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.ConnectionId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ObserverRetryOnActiveException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RpcInvocationHandler;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ public class ObserverReadProxyProvider<T extends ClientProtocol>
    *
    * Write requests are always forwarded to the active.
    */
-  private class ObserverReadInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
+  private class ObserverReadInvocationHandler implements RpcInvocationHandler {
 
     @Override
     public Object invoke(Object proxy, final Method method, final Object[] args)
@@ -322,6 +323,14 @@ public class ObserverReadProxyProvider<T extends ClientProtocol>
       lastProxy = activeProxy;
       return retVal;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {}
+
+    @Override
+    public ConnectionId getConnectionId() {
+      return RPC.getConnectionIdForProxy(getCurrentProxy().proxy);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFsck.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFsck.java
index d95c2beae9f..1b72a4d2222 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFsck.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFsck.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class TestFsck {
   private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR =
       System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
-  static String runFsck(Configuration conf, int expectedErrCode, 
+  public static String runFsck(Configuration conf, int expectedErrCode,
                         boolean checkErrorCode, String... path)
                         throws Exception {
     ByteArrayOutputStream bStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/HATestUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/HATestUtil.java
index 1e9418bbd1a..16aa9248e5a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/HATestUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/HATestUtil.java
@@ -175,10 +175,14 @@ public abstract class HATestUtil {
       MiniDFSCluster cluster, Configuration conf,
       Class<P> classFPP, boolean isObserverReadEnabled)
           throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-    conf = new Configuration(conf);
-    setupHAConfiguration(cluster, conf, 0, classFPP);
+    String logicalName = conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMESERVICES);
+    URI nnUri = new URI(HdfsConstants.HDFS_URI_SCHEME + "://" + logicalName);
+    conf.set(HdfsClientConfigKeys.Failover.PROXY_PROVIDER_KEY_PREFIX
+        + "." + logicalName, classFPP.getName());
+    conf.set("fs.defaultFS", nnUri.toString());
+
     DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem)
-        FileSystem.get(getLogicalUri(cluster), conf);
+        FileSystem.get(nnUri, conf);
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     P provider = (P) ((RetryInvocationHandler<?>) Proxy.getInvocationHandler(
         dfs.getClient().getNamenode())).getProxyProvider();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
index d8e0cfa0599..061f6ed92ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlocks;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.MiniQJMHACluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeAdapter;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.TestFsck;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -339,6 +340,18 @@ public class TestObserverNode {
     Mockito.reset(bmSpy);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFsckWithObserver() throws Exception {
+    setObserverRead(true);
+
+    dfs.create(testPath, (short)1).close();
+    assertSentTo(0);
+
+    final String result = TestFsck.runFsck(conf, 0, true, "/");
+    LOG.info("result=" + result);
+    assertTrue(result.contains("Status: HEALTHY"));
+  }
+
   private void assertSentTo(int nnIdx) throws IOException {
     assertTrue("Request was not sent to the expected namenode " + nnIdx,
         HATestUtil.isSentToAnyOfNameNodes(dfs, dfsCluster, nnIdx));