diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hadoopbackport/ThrottledInputStream.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hadoopbackport/ThrottledInputStream.java
index dd6df0ccb0b..e1da69553cf 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hadoopbackport/ThrottledInputStream.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hadoopbackport/ThrottledInputStream.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hadoopbackport;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.PositionedReadable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 
 /**
@@ -93,8 +94,32 @@ public class ThrottledInputStream extends InputStream {
     return readLen;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Read bytes starting from the specified position. This requires rawStream is
+   * an instance of {@link PositionedReadable}.
+   * @param position
+   * @param buffer
+   * @param offset
+   * @param length
+   * @return the number of bytes read
+   */
+  public int read(long position, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
+      throws IOException {
+    if (!(rawStream instanceof PositionedReadable)) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "positioned read is not supported by the internal stream");
+    }
+    throttle();
+    int readLen = ((PositionedReadable) rawStream).read(position, buffer,
+      offset, length);
+    if (readLen != -1) {
+      bytesRead += readLen;
+    }
+    return readLen;
+  }
+
   private void throttle() throws IOException {
-    if (getBytesPerSec() > maxBytesPerSec) {
+    while (getBytesPerSec() > maxBytesPerSec) {
       try {
         Thread.sleep(SLEEP_DURATION_MS);
         totalSleepTime += SLEEP_DURATION_MS;