diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/Groups.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/Groups.java
index 57c3255794413..180c65c7b981b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/Groups.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/Groups.java
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public Groups(Configuration conf, final Timer timer) {
             JniBasedUnixGroupsMappingWithFallback.class,
             GroupMappingServiceProvider.class),
         conf);
-
     cacheTimeout = 
       conf.getLong(CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_SECS, 
           CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_SECS_DEFAULT) * 1000;
@@ -131,7 +130,11 @@ public Groups(Configuration conf, final Timer timer) {
           CommonConfigurationKeys.
               HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_BACKGROUND_RELOAD_THREADS_DEFAULT);
     parseStaticMapping(conf);
-
+    if(cacheTimeout<=0){
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+       "hadoop.security.groups.cache.secs should be larger than 0",
+        new IllegalArgumentException("hadoop.security.groups.cache.secs should be larger than 0"));
+    }
     this.timer = timer;
     this.cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
       .refreshAfterWrite(cacheTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUserGroupInformation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUserGroupInformation.java
index 2974f3e3a505e..58734b7479d11 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUserGroupInformation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUserGroupInformation.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  * 
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
  * 
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT