diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/RouterClientProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/RouterClientProtocol.java
index e52c0c9014e..2c7e90bbdfe 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/RouterClientProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/RouterClientProtocol.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class RouterClientProtocol implements ClientProtocol {
         rpcServer.getLocationsForPath(src, true);
     RemoteLocation createLocation = null;
     try {
-      createLocation = rpcServer.getCreateLocation(src);
+      createLocation = rpcServer.getCreateLocation(src, locations);
       return rpcClient.invokeSingle(createLocation, method,
           HdfsFileStatus.class);
     } catch (IOException ioe) {