diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
index 9f9c9741f36bb..b5f276004cd87 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public final class CallerContext {
   public static final Charset SIGNATURE_ENCODING = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+  /**
+   * The illegal characters include '\t', '\n', '='.
+   * User should not set illegal characters to the context.
+   */
+  private static final Set<String> ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS =
+      Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("\t", "\n", "=")));
+
   /** The caller context.
    *
    * It will be truncated if it exceeds the maximum allowed length in
@@ -74,9 +82,24 @@ public byte[] getSignature() {
         null : Arrays.copyOf(signature, signature.length);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the context is valid.
+   * The context should not contain '\t', '\n', '='.
+   * Because the context could be written to audit log.
+   */
   @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public boolean isContextValid() {
-    return context != null && !context.isEmpty();
+    if (context == null || context.isEmpty()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    for (String str: ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS) {
+      if (context.contains(str)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -117,13 +140,6 @@ public String toString() {
   /** The caller context builder. */
   public static final class Builder {
     private static final String KEY_VALUE_SEPARATOR = ":";
-    /**
-     * The illegal separators include '\t', '\n', '='.
-     * User should not set illegal separator.
-     */
-    private static final Set<String> ILLEGAL_SEPARATORS =
-        Collections.unmodifiableSet(
-            new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("\t", "\n", "=")));
     private final String fieldSeparator;
     private final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     private byte[] signature;
@@ -156,7 +172,7 @@ public Builder(String context, String separator) {
      * @param separator the separator of fields.
      */
     private void checkFieldSeparator(String separator) {
-      if (ILLEGAL_SEPARATORS.contains(separator)) {
+      if (ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS.contains(separator)) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal field separator: "
             + separator);
       }
@@ -164,8 +180,6 @@ private void checkFieldSeparator(String separator) {
 
     /**
      * Whether the field is valid.
-     * The field should not contain '\t', '\n', '='.
-     * Because the context could be written to audit log.
      * @param field one of the fields in context.
      * @return true if the field is not null or empty.
      */
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestCallerContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestCallerContext.java
index bb4a119e7db29..259ca839444af 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestCallerContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestCallerContext.java
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ public void testBuilderAppend() {
     CallerContext.Builder builder = new CallerContext.Builder(null, conf);
     CallerContext context = builder.append("context1")
         .append("context2").append("key3", "value3").build();
-    Assert.assertEquals(true,
-        context.getContext().contains("$"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(context.getContext().contains("$"));
     String[] items = context.getContext().split("\\$");
     Assert.assertEquals(3, items.length);
     Assert.assertEquals("key3:value3", items[2]);
@@ -74,11 +73,24 @@ public void testBuilderAppendIfAbsent() {
   }
 
   @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-  public void testNewBuilder() {
+  public void testIllegalSeparator() {
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     // Set illegal separator.
     conf.set(HADOOP_CALLER_CONTEXT_SEPARATOR_KEY, "\t");
     CallerContext.Builder builder = new CallerContext.Builder(null, conf);
     builder.build();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidateCallerContext() {
+    // CallerContext should not contain '\t', '\n', '='.
+    CallerContext context = new CallerContext.Builder("context1\ncontext2").build();
+    Assert.assertFalse(context.isContextValid());
+
+    context = new CallerContext.Builder("context1\tcontext2").build();
+    Assert.assertFalse(context.isContextValid());
+
+    context = new CallerContext.Builder("context1=context2").build();
+    Assert.assertFalse(context.isContextValid());
+  }
 }