diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
index 45c45b146f9..03a278269bd 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/NativeAzureFileSystem.java
@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
    * @throws IOException thrown when getting the current user.
    */
   @Override
-  public Token<?> getDelegationToken(final String renewer) throws IOException {
+  public synchronized Token<?> getDelegationToken(final String renewer) throws IOException {
     if (kerberosSupportEnabled) {
       try {
         final UserGroupInformation ugi = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser();