diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
index 8fd65735f25..43824d78d03 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ public class IncrementalTableBackupClient extends TableBackupClient {
   protected void deleteBulkLoadDirectory() throws IOException {
     // delete original bulk load directory on method exit
     Path path = getBulkOutputDir();
+    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(path.toUri(), conf);
     boolean result = fs.delete(path, true);
     if (!result) {
       LOG.warn("Could not delete " + path);
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
index 96ecab9fd37..e01849ae103 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ public final class BackupUtils {
   private static List<BackupInfo> getHistory(Configuration conf, Path backupRootPath)
       throws IOException {
     // Get all (n) history from backup root destination
-    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
+
+    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(backupRootPath.toUri(), conf);
     RemoteIterator<LocatedFileStatus> it = fs.listLocatedStatus(backupRootPath);
 
     List<BackupInfo> infos = new ArrayList<>();