diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CommonFSUtils.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CommonFSUtils.java
index 800764954569..fe6f3bc238a9 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CommonFSUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CommonFSUtils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonPathCapabilities.FS_STORAGEPOLICY;
+
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -515,6 +517,11 @@ private static void invokeSetStoragePolicy(final FileSystem fs, final Path path,
     final String storagePolicy) throws IOException {
     Exception toThrow = null;
 
+    if (!fs.hasPathCapability(path, FS_STORAGEPOLICY)) {
+      LOG.debug("The file system does not support storage policy.");
+      return;
+    }
+
     try {
       fs.setStoragePolicy(path, storagePolicy);
       LOG.debug("Set storagePolicy={} for path={}", storagePolicy, path);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFSUtils.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFSUtils.java
index ffd9a0e0a389..8e2ce8dd8c11 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFSUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFSUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -415,8 +417,9 @@ public void testSetStoragePolicyDefault() throws Exception {
    * Note: currently the default policy is set to defer to HDFS and this case is to verify the
    * logic, will need to remove the check if the default policy is changed
    */
-  private void verifyNoHDFSApiInvocationForDefaultPolicy() {
+  private void verifyNoHDFSApiInvocationForDefaultPolicy() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     FileSystem testFs = new AlwaysFailSetStoragePolicyFileSystem();
+    testFs.initialize(new URI("hdfs://localhost/"), conf);
     // There should be no exception thrown when setting to default storage policy, which indicates
     // the HDFS API hasn't been called
     try {