diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index e573a3de22e..f5e9ea131b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -979,6 +979,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8939. Test(S)WebHdfsFileContextMainOperations failing on branch-2.
     (Chris Nauroth via jghoman)
 
+    HDFS-8581. ContentSummary on / skips further counts on yielding lock
+    (J.Andreina via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
index 5c33c02a610..21fe313ca9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ public class INodeDirectory extends INodeWithAdditionalFields
         continue;
       }
       // The locks were released and reacquired. Check parent first.
-      if (getParent() == null) {
+      if (!isRoot() && getParent() == null) {
         // Stop further counting and return whatever we have so far.
         break;
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestQuota.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestQuota.java
index f41893bc460..e68e4d69230 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestQuota.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestQuota.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.ContentSummary;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
@@ -943,4 +945,34 @@ public class TestQuota {
     assertTrue(errOutput.contains(StorageType.getTypesSupportingQuota()
         .toString()));
   }
+
+   /**
+   * File count on root , should return total value of files in Filesystem
+   * when one folder contains files more than "dfs.content-summary.limit".
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testHugeFileCount() throws IOException {
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setInt("dfs.content-summary.limit", 4);
+    try {
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(0).build();
+      DistributedFileSystem dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
+        FSDataOutputStream out =
+            dfs.create(new Path("/Folder1/" + "file" + i),(short)1);
+        out.close();
+      }
+      FSDataOutputStream out = dfs.create(new Path("/Folder2/file6"),(short)1);
+      out.close();
+      ContentSummary contentSummary = dfs.getContentSummary(new Path("/"));
+      assertEquals(6, contentSummary.getFileCount());
+    } finally {
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        cluster.shutdown();
+        cluster = null;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }