diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 4e7b91955a1..7ff3c780924 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1080,6 +1080,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6565. Use jackson instead jetty json in hdfs-client.
     (Akira Ajisaka via wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-7682. {{DistributedFileSystem#getFileChecksum}} of a snapshotted file
+    includes non-snapshotted content. (Charles Lamb via atm)
+
     BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-7584 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
       HDFS-7720. Quota by Storage Type API, tools and ClientNameNode
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index abcd847dbfb..aac7b511433 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -2220,6 +2220,9 @@ public class DFSClient implements java.io.Closeable, RemotePeerFactory,
 
     // get block checksum for each block
     long remaining = length;
+    if (src.contains(HdfsConstants.SEPARATOR_DOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR_SEPARATOR)) {
+      remaining = Math.min(length, blockLocations.getFileLength());
+    }
     for(int i = 0; i < locatedblocks.size() && remaining > 0; i++) {
       if (refetchBlocks) {  // refetch to get fresh tokens
         blockLocations = callGetBlockLocations(namenode, src, 0, length);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
index 98aafc1b308..d53140f14ac 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.snapshot;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileChecksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.AppendTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
@@ -103,17 +104,35 @@ public class TestSnapshotFileLength {
     Path file1snap1
         = SnapshotTestHelper.getSnapshotPath(sub, snapshot1, file1Name);
 
+    final FileChecksum snapChksum1 = hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1snap1);
+    assertThat("file and snapshot file checksums are not equal",
+        hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1), is(snapChksum1));
+
     // Append to the file.
     FSDataOutputStream out = hdfs.append(file1);
+    // Nothing has been appended yet. All checksums should still be equal.
+    assertThat("file and snapshot checksums (open for append) are not equal",
+        hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1), is(snapChksum1));
+    assertThat("snapshot checksum (post-open for append) has changed",
+        hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1snap1), is(snapChksum1));
     try {
       AppendTestUtil.write(out, 0, toAppend);
       // Test reading from snapshot of file that is open for append
       byte[] dataFromSnapshot = DFSTestUtil.readFileBuffer(hdfs, file1snap1);
       assertThat("Wrong data size in snapshot.",
           dataFromSnapshot.length, is(origLen));
+      // Verify that checksum didn't change
+      assertThat("snapshot file checksum (pre-close) has changed",
+          hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1), is(snapChksum1));
+      assertThat("snapshot checksum (post-append) has changed",
+          hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1snap1), is(snapChksum1));
     } finally {
       out.close();
     }
+    assertThat("file and snapshot file checksums (post-close) are equal",
+        hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1), not(snapChksum1));
+    assertThat("snapshot file checksum (post-close) has changed",
+        hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1snap1), is(snapChksum1));
 
     // Make sure we can read the entire file via its non-snapshot path.
     fileStatus = hdfs.getFileStatus(file1);