diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
index fd63b698c99..79275b0cdc7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HAUtil.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ha.HAServiceProtocol.HAServiceState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.NameNodeProxiesClient.ProxyAndInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ClientProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
@@ -258,14 +259,29 @@ public class HAUtil {
    */
   public static InetSocketAddress getAddressOfActive(FileSystem fs)
       throws IOException {
+    InetSocketAddress inAddr = null;
     if (!(fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem)) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("FileSystem " + fs + " is not a DFS.");
     }
     // force client address resolution.
     fs.exists(new Path("/"));
     DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem) fs;
-    DFSClient dfsClient = dfs.getClient();
-    return RPC.getServerAddress(dfsClient.getNamenode());
+    Configuration dfsConf = dfs.getConf();
+    URI dfsUri = dfs.getUri();
+    String nsId = dfsUri.getHost();
+    if (isHAEnabled(dfsConf, nsId)) {
+      List<ClientProtocol> namenodes =
+          getProxiesForAllNameNodesInNameservice(dfsConf, nsId);
+      for (ClientProtocol proxy : namenodes) {
+        if (proxy.getHAServiceState().equals(HAServiceState.ACTIVE)) {
+          inAddr = RPC.getServerAddress(proxy);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      DFSClient dfsClient = dfs.getClient();
+      inAddr = RPC.getServerAddress(dfsClient.getNamenode());
+    }
+    return inAddr;
   }
   
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
index d11093f1d66..ed05abacf16 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestObserverNode.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ha.HAServiceProtocol.HAServiceState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ha.ServiceFailedException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlocks;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.MiniQJMHACluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeAdapter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.TestFsck;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.GetGroups;
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ public class TestObserverNode {
     // Observer and immediately try to read from it.
     conf.setTimeDuration(
         OBSERVER_PROBE_RETRY_PERIOD_KEY, 0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    qjmhaCluster = HATestUtil.setUpObserverCluster(conf, 1, 0, true);
+    qjmhaCluster = HATestUtil.setUpObserverCluster(conf, 1, 1, true);
     dfsCluster = qjmhaCluster.getDfsCluster();
   }
 
@@ -469,6 +471,25 @@ public class TestObserverNode {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFsckDelete() throws Exception {
+    setObserverRead(true);
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(dfs, testPath, 512, (short) 1, 0);
+    DFSTestUtil.waitForReplication(dfs, testPath, (short) 1, 5000);
+    ExtendedBlock block = DFSTestUtil.getFirstBlock(dfs, testPath);
+    int dnToCorrupt = DFSTestUtil.firstDnWithBlock(dfsCluster, block);
+    FSNamesystem ns = dfsCluster.getNameNode(0).getNamesystem();
+    // corrupt Replicas are detected on restarting datanode
+    dfsCluster.corruptReplica(dnToCorrupt, block);
+    dfsCluster.restartDataNode(dnToCorrupt);
+    DFSTestUtil.waitCorruptReplicas(dfs, ns, testPath, block, 1);
+    final String result = TestFsck.runFsck(conf, 1, true, "/", "-delete");
+    // filesystem should be in corrupt state
+    LOG.info("result=" + result);
+    assertTrue(result.contains("The filesystem under path '/' is CORRUPT"));
+  }
+
+
   private void assertSentTo(int nnIdx) throws IOException {
     assertTrue("Request was not sent to the expected namenode " + nnIdx,
         HATestUtil.isSentToAnyOfNameNodes(dfs, dfsCluster, nnIdx));