diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
index 87a1c13f88d..ab90034d256 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue.KVComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RemoteExceptionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.HFileArchiver;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HeapSize;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.Compression;
@@ -564,7 +565,8 @@ public class Store extends SchemaConfigured implements HeapSize {
 
     // Copy the file if it's on another filesystem
     FileSystem srcFs = srcPath.getFileSystem(conf);
-    if (!srcFs.equals(fs)) {
+    FileSystem desFs = fs instanceof HFileSystem ? ((HFileSystem)fs).getBackingFs() : fs;
+    if (!srcFs.equals(desFs)) {
       LOG.info("Bulk-load file " + srcPath + " is on different filesystem than " +
           "the destination store. Copying file over to destination filesystem.");
       Path tmpPath = getTmpPath();