diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index 7661e82b8a9..26898414448 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ public class DFSInputStream extends FSInputStream
         // chooseDataNode is a commitment. If no node, we go to
         // the NN to reget block locations. Only go here on first read.
         chosenNode = chooseDataNode(block, ignored);
-        bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(buf, offset, len);
+        bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(len);
         Callable<ByteBuffer> getFromDataNodeCallable = getFromOneDataNode(
             chosenNode, block, start, end, bb,
             corruptedBlocks, hedgedReadId++);
@@ -1290,7 +1290,9 @@ public class DFSInputStream extends FSInputStream
           Future<ByteBuffer> future = hedgedService.poll(
               conf.getHedgedReadThresholdMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
           if (future != null) {
-            future.get();
+            ByteBuffer result = future.get();
+            System.arraycopy(result.array(), result.position(), buf, offset,
+                len);
             return;
           }
           DFSClient.LOG.debug("Waited {}ms to read from {}; spawning hedged "
@@ -1328,13 +1330,9 @@ public class DFSInputStream extends FSInputStream
           ByteBuffer result = getFirstToComplete(hedgedService, futures);
           // cancel the rest.
           cancelAll(futures);
-          if (result.array() != buf) { // compare the array pointers
-            dfsClient.getHedgedReadMetrics().incHedgedReadWins();
-            System.arraycopy(result.array(), result.position(), buf, offset,
-                len);
-          } else {
-            dfsClient.getHedgedReadMetrics().incHedgedReadOps();
-          }
+          dfsClient.getHedgedReadMetrics().incHedgedReadWins();
+          System.arraycopy(result.array(), result.position(), buf, offset,
+              len);
           return;
         } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
           // Ignore and retry