diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/CopyCommitter.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/CopyCommitter.java
index b86f5ea4149..d7a730dfca9 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/CopyCommitter.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/CopyCommitter.java
@@ -109,13 +109,6 @@ public class CopyCommitter extends FileOutputCommitter {
 
     cleanupTempFiles(jobContext);
 
-    String attributes = conf.get(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_PRESERVE_STATUS);
-    final boolean preserveRawXattrs =
-        conf.getBoolean(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_PRESERVE_RAWXATTRS, false);
-    if ((attributes != null && !attributes.isEmpty()) || preserveRawXattrs) {
-      preserveFileAttributesForDirectories(conf);
-    }
-
     try {
       if (conf.getBoolean(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_DELETE_MISSING, false)) {
         deleteMissing(conf);
@@ -125,6 +118,13 @@ public class CopyCommitter extends FileOutputCommitter {
         // save missing information to a directory
         trackMissing(conf);
       }
+      // for HDFS-14621, should preserve status after -delete
+      String attributes = conf.get(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_PRESERVE_STATUS);
+      final boolean preserveRawXattrs = conf.getBoolean(
+              DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_PRESERVE_RAWXATTRS, false);
+      if ((attributes != null && !attributes.isEmpty()) || preserveRawXattrs) {
+        preserveFileAttributesForDirectories(conf);
+      }
       taskAttemptContext.setStatus("Commit Successful");
     }
     finally {
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/TestCopyCommitter.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/TestCopyCommitter.java
index 912205f24b0..2ef89e5804b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/TestCopyCommitter.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/mapred/TestCopyCommitter.java
@@ -26,11 +26,15 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.*;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.task.TaskAttemptContextImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.task.JobContextImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.NullOutputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.CopyListing;
+import org.apache.hadoop.tools.CopyListingFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.DistCpConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.DistCpContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.DistCpOptions;
@@ -204,6 +208,61 @@ public class TestCopyCommitter {
     }
   }
 
+  // for HDFS-14621, should preserve times after -delete
+  @Test
+  public void testPreserveTimeWithDeleteMiss() throws IOException {
+    TaskAttemptContext taskAttemptContext = getTaskAttemptContext(config);
+    JobContext jobContext = new JobContextImpl(
+            taskAttemptContext.getConfiguration(),
+            taskAttemptContext.getTaskAttemptID().getJobID());
+    Configuration conf = jobContext.getConfiguration();
+
+    FileSystem fs = null;
+    try {
+      OutputCommitter committer = new CopyCommitter(null, taskAttemptContext);
+      fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
+      String sourceBase = TestDistCpUtils.createTestSetup(
+              fs, FsPermission.getDefault());
+      String targetBase = TestDistCpUtils.createTestSetup(
+              fs, FsPermission.getDefault());
+      String targetBaseAdd = TestDistCpUtils.createTestSetup(
+              fs, FsPermission.getDefault());
+      fs.rename(new Path(targetBaseAdd), new Path(targetBase));
+
+      final DistCpOptions options = new DistCpOptions.Builder(
+              Collections.singletonList(new Path(sourceBase)), new Path("/out"))
+              .withSyncFolder(true).withDeleteMissing(true)
+              .preserve(FileAttribute.TIMES).build();
+      options.appendToConf(conf);
+      final DistCpContext context = new DistCpContext(options);
+
+      CopyListing listing = new GlobbedCopyListing(conf, CREDENTIALS);
+      Path listingFile = new Path("/tmp1/" + String.valueOf(rand.nextLong()));
+      listing.buildListing(listingFile, context);
+
+      conf.set(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_TARGET_WORK_PATH, targetBase);
+      conf.set(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_TARGET_FINAL_PATH, targetBase);
+
+      Path sourceListing = new Path(
+              conf.get(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_LISTING_FILE_PATH));
+      SequenceFile.Reader sourceReader = new SequenceFile.Reader(conf,
+              SequenceFile.Reader.file(sourceListing));
+      Path targetRoot = new Path(targetBase);
+
+      committer.commitJob(jobContext);
+      checkDirectoryTimes(fs, sourceReader, targetRoot);
+
+      //Test for idempotent commit
+      committer.commitJob(jobContext);
+      checkDirectoryTimes(fs, sourceReader, targetRoot);
+    } finally {
+      TestDistCpUtils.delete(fs, "/tmp1");
+      conf.unset(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_PRESERVE_STATUS);
+      conf.set(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_DELETE_MISSING, "false");
+    }
+  }
+
+
   @Test
   public void testDeleteMissingFlatInterleavedFiles() throws IOException {
     TaskAttemptContext taskAttemptContext = getTaskAttemptContext(config);
@@ -364,6 +423,27 @@ public class TestCopyCommitter {
     }
   }
 
+  private void checkDirectoryTimes(
+          FileSystem fs, SequenceFile.Reader sourceReader, Path targetRoot)
+          throws IOException {
+    try {
+      CopyListingFileStatus srcFileStatus = new CopyListingFileStatus();
+      Text srcRelPath = new Text();
+
+      // Iterate over every source path that was copied.
+      while (sourceReader.next(srcRelPath, srcFileStatus)) {
+        Path targetFile = new Path(targetRoot.toString() + "/" + srcRelPath);
+        FileStatus targetStatus = fs.getFileStatus(targetFile);
+        Assert.assertEquals(srcFileStatus.getModificationTime(),
+                targetStatus.getModificationTime());
+        Assert.assertEquals(srcFileStatus.getAccessTime(),
+                targetStatus.getAccessTime());
+      }
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.closeStream(sourceReader);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class NullInputFormat extends InputFormat {
     @Override
     public List getSplits(JobContext context)