diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/DFSPropertiesConfiguration.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/DFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
index 01585f9259cf1..afce8f6ec4546 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/DFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/DFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.common.config;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.fs.FSUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.ValidationUtils;
+import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieIOException;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -53,10 +56,9 @@ public class DFSPropertiesConfiguration {
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(DFSPropertiesConfiguration.class);
 
   public static final String DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_FILE = "hudi-defaults.conf";
-
   public static final String CONF_FILE_DIR_ENV_NAME = "HUDI_CONF_DIR";
-
   public static final String DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_DIR = "file:/etc/hudi/conf";
+  public static final Path DEFAULT_PATH = new Path(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_DIR + "/" + DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_FILE);
 
   // props read from hudi-defaults.conf
   private static TypedProperties GLOBAL_PROPS = loadGlobalProps();
@@ -97,11 +99,7 @@ public static TypedProperties loadGlobalProps() {
     if (defaultConfPath.isPresent()) {
       conf.addPropsFromFile(defaultConfPath.get());
     } else {
-      try {
-        conf.addPropsFromFile(new Path(DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_DIR));
-      } catch (Exception ignored) {
-        LOG.warn("Didn't find config file under default conf file dir: " + DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_DIR);
-      }
+      conf.addPropsFromFile(DEFAULT_PATH);
     }
     return conf.getProps();
   }
@@ -128,14 +126,19 @@ public void addPropsFromFile(Path filePath) {
         filePath.toString(),
         Option.ofNullable(hadoopConfig).orElseGet(Configuration::new)
     );
+    try {
+      if (filePath.equals(DEFAULT_PATH) && !fs.exists(filePath)) {
+        LOG.warn("Properties file " + filePath + " not found. Ignoring to load props file");
+        return;
+      }
 
-    try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fs.open(filePath)))) {
+      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fs.open(filePath)));
       visitedFilePaths.add(filePath.toString());
       currentFilePath = filePath;
       addPropsFromStream(reader);
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
-      LOG.error("Error reading in properties from dfs");
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot read properties from dfs", ioe);
+      LOG.error("Error reading in properties from dfs from file " + filePath);
+      throw new HoodieIOException("Cannot read properties from dfs from file " + filePath, ioe);
     }
   }
 
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ private static Option<Path> getConfPathFromEnv() {
   }
 
   private String[] splitProperty(String line) {
-    line = line.replaceAll("\\s+"," ");
+    line = line.replaceAll("\\s+", " ");
     String delimiter = line.contains("=") ? "=" : " ";
     int ind = line.indexOf(delimiter);
     String k = line.substring(0, ind).trim();
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestDFSPropertiesConfiguration.java b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestDFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
index 6a7075f551c68..465739340dc86 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestDFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestDFSPropertiesConfiguration.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public void testIncludes() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testLocalFileSystemLoading() {
+  public void testLocalFileSystemLoading() throws IOException {
     DFSPropertiesConfiguration cfg = new DFSPropertiesConfiguration(dfs.getConf(), new Path(dfsBasePath + "/t1.props"));
 
     cfg.addPropsFromFile(
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ public void testLocalFileSystemLoading() {
                     .getResource("props/test.properties")
                     .getPath()
             )
-        )
-    );
+        ));
 
     TypedProperties props = cfg.getProps();