diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index f8555f97af9..471027762ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HADOOP-7769. TestJMXJsonServlet is failing. (tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-7770. ViewFS getFileChecksum throws FileNotFoundException for files in 
+    /tmp and /user. (Ravi Prakash via jitendra)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-7761. Improve the performance of raw comparisons. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
index a08aa3d58d2..b156194928f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystem.java
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public class ViewFileSystem extends FileSystem {
       IOException {
     InodeTree.ResolveResult<FileSystem> res = 
       fsState.resolve(getUriPath(f), true);
-    return res.targetFileSystem.getFileChecksum(f);
+    return res.targetFileSystem.getFileChecksum(res.remainingPath);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFs.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFs.java
index 484c041faf1..232a77074fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFs.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFs.java
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class ViewFs extends AbstractFileSystem {
       UnresolvedLinkException, IOException {
     InodeTree.ResolveResult<AbstractFileSystem> res = 
       fsState.resolve(getUriPath(f), true);
-    return res.targetFileSystem.getFileChecksum(f);
+    return res.targetFileSystem.getFileChecksum(res.remainingPath);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewfsFileStatus.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewfsFileStatus.java
index 1a4d933fdb7..4a576d08ebf 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewfsFileStatus.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewfsFileStatus.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileChecksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +84,27 @@ public class TestViewfsFileStatus {
     assertEquals(content.length, deSer.getLen());
   }
 
+  // Tests that ViewFileSystem.getFileChecksum calls res.targetFileSystem
+  // .getFileChecksum with res.remainingPath and not with f
+  @Test
+  public void testGetFileChecksum() throws IOException {
+    FileSystem mockFS = Mockito.mock(FileSystem.class);
+    InodeTree.ResolveResult<FileSystem> res =
+      new InodeTree.ResolveResult<FileSystem>(null, mockFS , null,
+        new Path("someFile"));
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    InodeTree<FileSystem> fsState = Mockito.mock(InodeTree.class);
+    Mockito.when(fsState.resolve("/tmp/someFile", true)).thenReturn(res);
+    ViewFileSystem vfs = Mockito.mock(ViewFileSystem.class);
+    vfs.fsState = fsState;
+
+    Mockito.when(vfs.getFileChecksum(new Path("/tmp/someFile")))
+      .thenCallRealMethod();
+    vfs.getFileChecksum(new Path("/tmp/someFile"));
+
+    Mockito.verify(mockFS).getFileChecksum(new Path("someFile"));
+  }
+
   @AfterClass
   public static void cleanup() throws IOException {
     FileUtil.fullyDelete(TEST_DIR);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsBaseTest.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsBaseTest.java
index 1ea2a4b17ed..8622f02ff6b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsBaseTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsBaseTest.java
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.AbstractFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContextTestHelper;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContextTestHelper.fileType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContextTestHelper.fileType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.UnresolvedLinkException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.viewfs.ViewFs.MountPoint;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 
 /**
@@ -408,6 +411,27 @@ public class ViewFsBaseTest {
     }
   }
   
+  @Test
+  public void testGetFileChecksum() throws AccessControlException
+    , UnresolvedLinkException, IOException {
+    AbstractFileSystem mockAFS = Mockito.mock(AbstractFileSystem.class);
+    InodeTree.ResolveResult<AbstractFileSystem> res =
+      new InodeTree.ResolveResult<AbstractFileSystem>(null, mockAFS , null,
+        new Path("someFile"));
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    InodeTree<AbstractFileSystem> fsState = Mockito.mock(InodeTree.class);
+    Mockito.when(fsState.resolve(Mockito.anyString()
+      , Mockito.anyBoolean())).thenReturn(res);
+    ViewFs vfs = Mockito.mock(ViewFs.class);
+    vfs.fsState = fsState;
+
+    Mockito.when(vfs.getFileChecksum(new Path("/tmp/someFile")))
+      .thenCallRealMethod();
+    vfs.getFileChecksum(new Path("/tmp/someFile"));
+
+    Mockito.verify(mockAFS).getFileChecksum(new Path("someFile"));
+  }
+
   @Test(expected=FileNotFoundException.class) 
   public void testgetFSonDanglingLink() throws IOException {
     fcView.getFileStatus(new Path("/danglingLink"));