diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
index cd36388c45e..5866c4960c8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class FileContext {
   private FileContext(final AbstractFileSystem defFs,
     final FsPermission theUmask, final Configuration aConf) {
     defaultFS = defFs;
-    umask = FsPermission.getUMask(aConf);
+    umask = theUmask;
     conf = aConf;
     tracer = FsTracer.get(aConf);
     try {