diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeStorage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeStorage.java
index 770c41b33ab..de4ff252dc0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeStorage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeStorage.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class DatanodeStorage {
     try {
       // Attempt to parse the UUID.
       if (storageID != null && storageID.indexOf(STORAGE_ID_PREFIX) == 0) {
+        UUID.fromString(storageID.substring(STORAGE_ID_PREFIX.length()));
         return true;
       }
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 61b95444be4..4eabce534ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2690,6 +2690,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9718. HAUtil#getConfForOtherNodes should unset independent generic keys
     before initialize (DENG FEI via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-9739. DatanodeStorage.isValidStorageId() is broken
+    (Mingliang Liu via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES