diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/net/DFSNetworkTopology.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/net/DFSNetworkTopology.java
index 02d2c43191d..c18fdc5b8cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/net/DFSNetworkTopology.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/net/DFSNetworkTopology.java
@@ -249,17 +249,10 @@ Node chooseRandomWithStorageType(final String scope,
       return null;
     }
     // to this point, it is guaranteed that there is at least one node
-    // that satisfies the requirement, keep trying until we found one.
-    Node chosen;
-    do {
-      chosen = chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(root, excludeRoot,
-          type);
-      if (excludedNodes == null || !excludedNodes.contains(chosen)) {
-        break;
-      } else {
-        LOG.debug("Node {} is excluded, continuing.", chosen);
-      }
-    } while (true);
+    // that satisfies the requirement.
+    Node chosen =
+        chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(root, excludeRoot, type,
+            excludedNodes);
     LOG.debug("chooseRandom returning {}", chosen);
     return chosen;
   }
@@ -277,23 +270,23 @@ private boolean isNodeInScope(Node node, String scope) {
    * Choose a random node that has the required storage type, under the given
    * root, with an excluded subtree root (could also just be a leaf node).
    *
-   * Note that excludedNode is checked after a random node, so it is not being
-   * handled here.
-   *
    * @param root the root node where we start searching for a datanode
    * @param excludeRoot the root of the subtree what should be excluded
    * @param type the expected storage type
+   * @param excludedNodes the list of nodes to be excluded
    * @return a random datanode, with the storage type, and is not in excluded
    * scope
    */
   private Node chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(
-      DFSTopologyNodeImpl root, Node excludeRoot, StorageType type) {
+      DFSTopologyNodeImpl root, Node excludeRoot, StorageType type,
+      Collection<Node> excludedNodes) {
     Node chosenNode;
     if (root.isRack()) {
       // children are datanode descriptor
       ArrayList<Node> candidates = new ArrayList<>();
       for (Node node : root.getChildren()) {
-        if (node.equals(excludeRoot)) {
+        if (node.equals(excludeRoot) || (excludedNodes != null && excludedNodes
+            .contains(node))) {
           continue;
         }
         DatanodeDescriptor dnDescriptor = (DatanodeDescriptor)node;
@@ -310,7 +303,7 @@ private Node chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(
     } else {
       // the children are inner nodes
       ArrayList<DFSTopologyNodeImpl> candidates =
-          getEligibleChildren(root, excludeRoot, type);
+          getEligibleChildren(root, excludeRoot, type, excludedNodes);
       if (candidates.size() == 0) {
         return null;
       }
@@ -339,7 +332,7 @@ private Node chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(
       }
       DFSTopologyNodeImpl nextRoot = candidates.get(idxChosen);
       chosenNode = chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(
-          nextRoot, excludeRoot, type);
+          nextRoot, excludeRoot, type, excludedNodes);
     }
     return chosenNode;
   }
@@ -352,11 +345,13 @@ private Node chooseRandomWithStorageTypeAndExcludeRoot(
    * @param root the subtree root we check.
    * @param excludeRoot the root of the subtree that should be excluded.
    * @param type the storage type we look for.
+   * @param excludedNodes the list of excluded nodes.
    * @return a list of possible nodes, each of them is eligible as the next
    * level root we search.
    */
   private ArrayList<DFSTopologyNodeImpl> getEligibleChildren(
-      DFSTopologyNodeImpl root, Node excludeRoot, StorageType type) {
+      DFSTopologyNodeImpl root, Node excludeRoot, StorageType type,
+      Collection<Node> excludedNodes) {
     ArrayList<DFSTopologyNodeImpl> candidates = new ArrayList<>();
     int excludeCount = 0;
     if (excludeRoot != null && root.isAncestor(excludeRoot)) {
@@ -383,6 +378,24 @@ private ArrayList<DFSTopologyNodeImpl> getEligibleChildren(
           (dfsNode.isAncestor(excludeRoot) || dfsNode.equals(excludeRoot))) {
         storageCount -= excludeCount;
       }
+      if (excludedNodes != null) {
+        for (Node excludedNode : excludedNodes) {
+          if (excludeRoot != null && isNodeInScope(excludedNode,
+              NodeBase.getPath(excludeRoot))) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (isNodeInScope(excludedNode, NodeBase.getPath(node))) {
+            if (excludedNode instanceof DatanodeDescriptor) {
+              storageCount -=
+                  ((DatanodeDescriptor) excludedNode).hasStorageType(type) ?
+                      1 : 0;
+            } else if (excludedNode instanceof DFSTopologyNodeImpl) {
+              storageCount -= ((DFSTopologyNodeImpl) excludedNode)
+                  .getSubtreeStorageCount(type);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
       if (storageCount > 0) {
         candidates.add(dfsNode);
       }