diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
index 1a0ee626f1834..b3825b4c53ec1 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class FileSystemConfigurations {
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_AZURE_ENABLE_SMALL_WRITE_OPTIMIZATION = false;
   public static final int DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE = 4 * ONE_MB;  // 4 MB
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_READ_SMALL_FILES_COMPLETELY = false;
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_OPTIMIZE_FOOTER_READ = false;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_OPTIMIZE_FOOTER_READ = true;
   public static final int DEFAULT_FOOTER_READ_BUFFER_SIZE = 512 * ONE_KB;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_ALWAYS_READ_BUFFER_SIZE = false;
   public static final int DEFAULT_READ_AHEAD_BLOCK_SIZE = 4 * ONE_MB;
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
index 6d3bcaba95e70..dcdf8d7ea17d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsInputStream.java
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ private int readFileCompletely(final byte[] b, final int off, final int len)
     return optimisedRead(b, off, len, 0, contentLength);
   }
 
+  // To do footer read of files when enabled
   private int readLastBlock(final byte[] b, final int off, final int len)
       throws IOException {
     if (len == 0) {
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ public int getBufferSize() {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  public int getFooterReadBufferSize() {
+  protected int getFooterReadBufferSize() {
     return footerReadSize;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
index beada775ae87b..bc420c6a1f8cd 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadWriteAndSeek.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ private void testReadWriteAndSeek(int bufferSize) throws Exception {
     abfsConfiguration.setWriteBufferSize(bufferSize);
     abfsConfiguration.setReadBufferSize(bufferSize);
     abfsConfiguration.setReadAheadEnabled(readaheadEnabled);
+    abfsConfiguration.setOptimizeFooterRead(false);
 
     final byte[] b = new byte[2 * bufferSize];
     new Random().nextBytes(b);
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStream.java
index 2ac58fbcb1668..11b14162eb2f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStream.java
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ protected AzureBlobFileSystem getFileSystem(boolean readSmallFilesCompletely)
     final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
     getAbfsStore(fs).getAbfsConfiguration()
         .setReadSmallFilesCompletely(readSmallFilesCompletely);
+    getAbfsStore(fs).getAbfsConfiguration()
+            .setOptimizeFooterRead(false);
     return fs;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStreamReadFooter.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStreamReadFooter.java
index 3adf2cbaa5ad1..fbf469bbcf7d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStreamReadFooter.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestAbfsInputStreamReadFooter.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void testMultipleServerCallsAreMadeWhenTheConfIsFalse()
   private void testNumBackendCalls(boolean optimizeFooterRead)
       throws Exception {
     for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
-      int fileSize = (int)Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
+      int fileSize = (int) Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
       final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem(optimizeFooterRead,
           fileSize);
       String fileName = methodName.getMethodName() + i;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private void testSeekAndReadWithConf(boolean optimizeFooterRead,
     // Files between footer read buffer and read buffer size
     // Files bigger than read buffer size
     for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
-      int fileSize = (int)Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
+      int fileSize = (int) Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
       final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem(optimizeFooterRead,
           fileSize);
       String fileName = methodName.getMethodName() + i;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ private void seekReadAndTest(final FileSystem fs, final Path testFilePath,
   public void testPartialReadWithNoData()
       throws Exception {
     for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
-      int fileSize = (int)Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
+      int fileSize = (int) Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
       final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem(true, fileSize);
       String fileName = methodName.getMethodName() + i;
       byte[] fileContent = getRandomBytesArray(fileSize);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ private void testPartialReadWithNoData(final FileSystem fs,
   public void testPartialReadWithSomeData()
       throws Exception {
     for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
-      int fileSize = (int)Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
+      int fileSize = (int) Math.pow(2, i) * 256 * ONE_KB;
       final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem(true, fileSize);
       String fileName = methodName.getMethodName() + i;
       byte[] fileContent = getRandomBytesArray(fileSize);