diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
index fc0ca8a5addef..0834b7235561a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ public Path getEnclosingRoot(String filename) throws IOException {
           rpcProxy.getEnclosingRoot(null, req);
       return new Path(response.getEnclosingRootPath());
     } catch (ServiceException e) {
-      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+      throw getRemoteException(e);
     }
   }