diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFSWithObjectStoreCreate.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFSWithObjectStoreCreate.java
index f28897341d4e..e89d1c4b31af 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFSWithObjectStoreCreate.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFSWithObjectStoreCreate.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.TestDataUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.OzoneBucket;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.OzoneVolume;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException;
@@ -329,6 +330,45 @@ public void testCreateDirectoryFirstThenKeyAndFileWithSameName()
     }
   }
 
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReadWithNotNormalizedPath() throws Exception {
+    OzoneVolume ozoneVolume =
+        cluster.getRpcClient().getObjectStore().getVolume(volumeName);
+
+    OzoneBucket ozoneBucket = ozoneVolume.getBucket(bucketName);
+
+    String key = "/dir1///dir2/file1/";
+
+    int length = 10;
+    byte[] input = new byte[length];
+    Arrays.fill(input, (byte)96);
+    String inputString = new String(input);
+
+    OzoneOutputStream ozoneOutputStream =
+        ozoneBucket.createKey(key, length);
+
+    ozoneOutputStream.write(input);
+    ozoneOutputStream.write(input, 0, 10);
+    ozoneOutputStream.close();
+
+    // Read the key with given key name.
+    OzoneInputStream ozoneInputStream = ozoneBucket.readKey(key);
+    byte[] read = new byte[length];
+    ozoneInputStream.read(read, 0, length);
+    ozoneInputStream.close();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(inputString, new String(read));
+
+    // Read using filesystem.
+    FSDataInputStream fsDataInputStream = o3fs.open(new Path(key));
+    read = new byte[length];
+    fsDataInputStream.read(read, 0, length);
+    ozoneInputStream.close();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(inputString, new String(read));
+  }
+
   private void checkPath(Path path) {
     try {
       o3fs.getFileStatus(path);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFileSystem.java
index 4e728f7475ef..46c011539475 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestOzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ private void testDeleteCreatesFakeParentDir() throws Exception {
 
     // Deleting the only child should create the parent dir key if it does
     // not exist
-    String parentKey = o3fs.pathToKey(parent) + "/";
-    OzoneKeyDetails parentKeyInfo = getKey(parent, true);
-    assertEquals(parentKey, parentKeyInfo.getName());
+    FileStatus fileStatus = o3fs.getFileStatus(parent);
+    Assert.assertTrue(fileStatus.isDirectory());
+    assertEquals(parent.toString(), fileStatus.getPath().toUri().getPath());
   }
 
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
index 28e091df497f..4abe3a86d250 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OzoneFSUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OzoneFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.RepeatedOmKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.request.OMClientRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.PartKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.OzoneBlockTokenSecretManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.acl.IAccessAuthorizer;
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ public class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager {
   private final KeyProviderCryptoExtension kmsProvider;
   private final PrefixManager prefixManager;
 
+  private final boolean enableFileSystemPaths;
+
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   public KeyManagerImpl(ScmBlockLocationProtocol scmBlockClient,
@@ -208,6 +211,9 @@ public KeyManagerImpl(OzoneManager om, ScmClient scmClient,
     this.listTrashKeysMax = conf.getInt(
       OZONE_CLIENT_LIST_TRASH_KEYS_MAX,
       OZONE_CLIENT_LIST_TRASH_KEYS_MAX_DEFAULT);
+    this.enableFileSystemPaths =
+        conf.getBoolean(OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_ENABLE_FILESYSTEM_PATHS,
+            OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_ENABLE_FILESYSTEM_PATHS_DEFAULT);
 
     this.ozoneManager = om;
     this.omId = omId;
@@ -645,7 +651,8 @@ public OmKeyInfo lookupKey(OmKeyArgs args, String clientAddress)
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(args);
     String volumeName = args.getVolumeName();
     String bucketName = args.getBucketName();
-    String keyName = args.getKeyName();
+    String keyName = OMClientRequest.validateAndNormalizeKey(
+        enableFileSystemPaths, args.getKeyName());
     metadataManager.getLock().acquireReadLock(BUCKET_LOCK, volumeName,
         bucketName);
     OmKeyInfo value = null;