diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
index ca1f9383cf7..2c85727776d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.PathFilter;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ClusterId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
@@ -72,14 +71,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HFileLink;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSHedgedReadMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Progressable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
@@ -1546,33 +1543,6 @@ public abstract class FSUtils extends CommonFSUtils {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Throw an exception if an action is not permitted by a user on a file.
-   *
-   * @param ugi
-   *          the user
-   * @param file
-   *          the file
-   * @param action
-   *          the action
-   */
-  public static void checkAccess(UserGroupInformation ugi, FileStatus file,
-      FsAction action) throws AccessDeniedException {
-    if (ugi.getShortUserName().equals(file.getOwner())) {
-      if (file.getPermission().getUserAction().implies(action)) {
-        return;
-      }
-    } else if (ArrayUtils.contains(ugi.getGroupNames(), file.getGroup())) {
-      if (file.getPermission().getGroupAction().implies(action)) {
-        return;
-      }
-    } else if (file.getPermission().getOtherAction().implies(action)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    throw new AccessDeniedException("Permission denied:" + " action=" + action
-        + " path=" + file.getPath() + " user=" + ugi.getShortUserName());
-  }
-
   /**
    * This function is to scan the root path of the file system to get the
    * degree of locality for each region on each of the servers having at least
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java
index 204b3992b83..c3472134b35 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.ReplicationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.ReplicationPeerDescription;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.ReplicationQueueStorage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.ReplicationStorageFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.UserProvider;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes.ByteArrayComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HbckErrorReporter.ERROR_CODE;
@@ -129,6 +128,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKWatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZNodePaths;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ public class HBaseFsck extends Configured implements Closeable {
     }
   }
 
-  private void preCheckPermission() throws IOException, AccessDeniedException {
+  private void preCheckPermission() throws IOException {
     if (shouldIgnorePreCheckPermission()) {
       return;
     }
@@ -1946,8 +1946,8 @@ public class HBaseFsck extends Configured implements Closeable {
     FileStatus[] files = fs.listStatus(hbaseDir);
     for (FileStatus file : files) {
       try {
-        FSUtils.checkAccess(ugi, file, FsAction.WRITE);
-      } catch (AccessDeniedException ace) {
+        fs.access(file.getPath(), FsAction.WRITE);
+      } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
         LOG.warn("Got AccessDeniedException when preCheckPermission ", ace);
         errors.reportError(ERROR_CODE.WRONG_USAGE, "Current user " + ugi.getUserName()
           + " does not have write perms to " + file.getPath()
@@ -3790,8 +3790,6 @@ public class HBaseFsck extends Configured implements Closeable {
     // pre-check current user has FS write permission or not
     try {
       preCheckPermission();
-    } catch (AccessDeniedException ace) {
-      Runtime.getRuntime().exit(-1);
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       Runtime.getRuntime().exit(-1);
     }