diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
index a28eb92f082..43d3e175a90 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ public final class ExportSnapshot extends Configured implements Tool {
         outputRoot = new Path(args[++i]);
       } else if (cmd.equals("-copy-from")) {
         inputRoot = new Path(args[++i]);
+        FSUtils.setRootDir(conf, inputRoot);
       } else if (cmd.equals("-no-checksum-verify")) {
         verifyChecksum = false;
       } else if (cmd.equals("-no-target-verify")) {