diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/ShortCircuitCache.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/ShortCircuitCache.java
index b26652b0bee..c2f0350bc3e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/ShortCircuitCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/ShortCircuitCache.java
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ public class ShortCircuitCache implements Closeable {
     unref(replica);
   }
 
+  static final int FETCH_OR_CREATE_RETRY_TIMES = 3;
   /**
    * Fetch or create a replica.
    *
@@ -678,11 +679,11 @@ public class ShortCircuitCache implements Closeable {
    */
   public ShortCircuitReplicaInfo fetchOrCreate(ExtendedBlockId key,
       ShortCircuitReplicaCreator creator) {
-    Waitable<ShortCircuitReplicaInfo> newWaitable = null;
+    Waitable<ShortCircuitReplicaInfo> newWaitable;
     lock.lock();
     try {
       ShortCircuitReplicaInfo info = null;
-      do {
+      for (int i = 0; i < FETCH_OR_CREATE_RETRY_TIMES; i++){
         if (closed) {
           LOG.trace("{}: can't fethchOrCreate {} because the cache is closed.",
               this, key);
@@ -692,11 +693,12 @@ public class ShortCircuitCache implements Closeable {
         if (waitable != null) {
           try {
             info = fetch(key, waitable);
+            break;
           } catch (RetriableException e) {
             LOG.debug("{}: retrying {}", this, e.getMessage());
           }
         }
-      } while (false);
+      }
       if (info != null) return info;
       // We need to load the replica ourselves.
       newWaitable = new Waitable<>(lock.newCondition());
@@ -717,7 +719,8 @@ public class ShortCircuitCache implements Closeable {
    *
    * @throws RetriableException   If the caller needs to retry.
    */
-  private ShortCircuitReplicaInfo fetch(ExtendedBlockId key,
+  @VisibleForTesting // ONLY for testing
+  protected ShortCircuitReplicaInfo fetch(ExtendedBlockId key,
       Waitable<ShortCircuitReplicaInfo> waitable) throws RetriableException {
     // Another thread is already in the process of loading this
     // ShortCircuitReplica.  So we simply wait for it to complete.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/TestShortCircuitCache.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/TestShortCircuitCache.java
index 7ba0edcecc6..5da6a250555 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/TestShortCircuitCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/shortcircuit/TestShortCircuitCache.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.shortcircuit.ShortCircuitCache.ShortCircuitReplica
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.shortcircuit.ShortCircuitShm.ShmId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.shortcircuit.ShortCircuitShm.Slot;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RetriableException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.DomainSocket;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.TemporarySocketDirectory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.SecretManager.InvalidToken;
@@ -793,4 +794,29 @@ public class TestShortCircuitCache {
     cluster.shutdown();
     sockDir.close();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFetchOrCreateRetries() throws Exception {
+    try(ShortCircuitCache cache = Mockito
+        .spy(new ShortCircuitCache(10, 10000000, 10, 10000000, 1, 10000, 0))) {
+      final TestFileDescriptorPair pair = new TestFileDescriptorPair();
+      ExtendedBlockId extendedBlockId = new ExtendedBlockId(123, "test_bp1");
+      SimpleReplicaCreator sRC = new SimpleReplicaCreator(123, cache, pair);
+
+      // Arrange that fetch will throw RetriableException for any call
+      Mockito.doThrow(new RetriableException("Retry")).when(cache)
+        .fetch(Mockito.eq(extendedBlockId), Mockito.any());
+
+      // Act: calling fetchOrCreate two times
+      //  first call: it will create and put entry to replicaInfoMap
+      //  second call: it will call fetch to get info for entry, and should
+      //               retry 3 times because RetriableException thrown
+      cache.fetchOrCreate(extendedBlockId, sRC);
+      cache.fetchOrCreate(extendedBlockId, sRC);
+
+      // Assert that fetchOrCreate retried to fetch at least 3 times
+      Mockito.verify(cache, Mockito.atLeast(3))
+        .fetch(Mockito.eq(extendedBlockId), Mockito.any());
+    }
+  }
 }