diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
index 1e349759c9b..c49825b3bcc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -304,6 +305,8 @@ public class DataNode extends ReconfigurableBase
   private static final String DATANODE_HTRACE_PREFIX = "datanode.htrace.";
   private final FileIoProvider fileIoProvider;
 
+  private static final String NETWORK_ERRORS = "networkErrors";
+
   /**
    * Use {@link NetUtils#createSocketAddr(String)} instead.
    */
@@ -340,8 +343,7 @@ public class DataNode extends ReconfigurableBase
   private DataNodePeerMetrics peerMetrics;
   private DataNodeDiskMetrics diskMetrics;
   private InetSocketAddress streamingAddr;
-  
-  // See the note below in incrDatanodeNetworkErrors re: concurrency.
+
   private LoadingCache<String, Map<String, Long>> datanodeNetworkCounts;
 
   private String hostName;
@@ -507,9 +509,9 @@ public class DataNode extends ReconfigurableBase
             .maximumSize(dncCacheMaxSize)
             .build(new CacheLoader<String, Map<String, Long>>() {
               @Override
-              public Map<String, Long> load(String key) throws Exception {
-                final Map<String, Long> ret = new HashMap<String, Long>();
-                ret.put("networkErrors", 0L);
+              public Map<String, Long> load(String key) {
+                final Map<String, Long> ret = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+                ret.put(NETWORK_ERRORS, 0L);
                 return ret;
               }
             });
@@ -2272,19 +2274,11 @@ public class DataNode extends ReconfigurableBase
   void incrDatanodeNetworkErrors(String host) {
     metrics.incrDatanodeNetworkErrors();
 
-    /*
-     * Synchronizing on the whole cache is a big hammer, but since it's only
-     * accumulating errors, it should be ok. If this is ever expanded to include
-     * non-error stats, then finer-grained concurrency should be applied.
-     */
-    synchronized (datanodeNetworkCounts) {
-      try {
-        final Map<String, Long> curCount = datanodeNetworkCounts.get(host);
-        curCount.put("networkErrors", curCount.get("networkErrors") + 1L);
-        datanodeNetworkCounts.put(host, curCount);
-      } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-        LOG.warn("failed to increment network error counts for host: {}", host);
-      }
+    try {
+      datanodeNetworkCounts.get(host).compute(NETWORK_ERRORS,
+          (key, errors) -> errors == null ? 1L : errors + 1L);
+    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+      LOG.warn("Failed to increment network error counts for host: {}", host);
     }
   }