diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/JavaUtils.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/JavaUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63c29ba7c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/JavaUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hdds;
+
+/**
+ * Various reusable utility methods related to Java.
+ */
+public final class JavaUtils {
+  // "1.8"->8, "9"->9, "10"->10
+  private static final int JAVA_SPEC_VER = Math.max(8, Integer.parseInt(
+      System.getProperty("java.specification.version").split("\\.")[0]));
+
+  /**
+   * Query to see if major version of Java specification of the system
+   * is equal or greater than the parameter.
+   *
+   * @param version 8, 9, 10 etc.
+   * @return comparison with system property, always true for 8
+   */
+  public static boolean isJavaVersionAtLeast(int version) {
+    return JAVA_SPEC_VER >= version;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Private constructor.
+   */
+  private JavaUtils() {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/Checksum.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/Checksum.java
index d86f7b1c40c..db7a31eea95 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/Checksum.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/Checksum.java
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ private static Function<ByteBuffer, ByteString> newChecksumByteBufferFunction(
   /** The algorithms for {@link ChecksumType}. */
   enum Algorithm {
     NONE(() -> data -> ByteString.EMPTY),
-    CRC32(() -> newChecksumByteBufferFunction(PureJavaCrc32ByteBuffer::new)),
-    CRC32C(() -> newChecksumByteBufferFunction(PureJavaCrc32CByteBuffer::new)),
+    CRC32(() ->
+        newChecksumByteBufferFunction(ChecksumByteBufferFactory::crc32Impl)),
+    CRC32C(() ->
+        newChecksumByteBufferFunction(ChecksumByteBufferFactory::crc32CImpl)),
     SHA256(() -> newMessageDigestFunction("SHA-256")),
     MD5(() -> newMessageDigestFunction("MD5"));
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferFactory.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a41af84189e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  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 WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.JavaUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.PureJavaCrc32C;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
+import java.util.zip.CRC32;
+import java.util.zip.Checksum;
+
+/**
+ * Class containing factories for creating various checksum impls.
+ */
+public final class ChecksumByteBufferFactory {
+
+  private static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(ChecksumByteBufferImpl.class);
+
+  private static volatile boolean useJava9Crc32C
+      = JavaUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(9);
+
+  public static class Java9Crc32CFactory {
+    private static final MethodHandle NEW_CRC32C_MH;
+
+    static {
+      MethodHandle newCRC32C = null;
+      try {
+        newCRC32C = MethodHandles.publicLookup()
+            .findConstructor(
+                Class.forName("java.util.zip.CRC32C"),
+                MethodType.methodType(void.class)
+            );
+      } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+        // Should not reach here.
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+      NEW_CRC32C_MH = newCRC32C;
+    }
+
+    public static java.util.zip.Checksum createChecksum() {
+      try {
+        // Should throw nothing
+        return (Checksum) NEW_CRC32C_MH.invoke();
+      } catch (Throwable t) {
+        throw (t instanceof RuntimeException) ? (RuntimeException) t
+            : new RuntimeException(t);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static ChecksumByteBuffer crc32Impl() {
+    return new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(new CRC32());
+  }
+
+  public static ChecksumByteBuffer crc32CImpl() {
+    if (useJava9Crc32C) {
+      try {
+        return new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(Java9Crc32CFactory.createChecksum());
+      } catch (Throwable e) {
+        // should not happen
+        LOG.error("CRC32C creation failed, switching to PureJavaCrc32C", e);
+        useJava9Crc32C = false;
+      }
+    }
+    return new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(new PureJavaCrc32C());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Private Constructor.
+   */
+  private ChecksumByteBufferFactory() {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferImpl.java
index 18651fe4624..db779b6bc36 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/ChecksumByteBufferImpl.java
@@ -17,43 +17,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common;
 
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.zip.Checksum;
 
 public class ChecksumByteBufferImpl implements ChecksumByteBuffer {
 
-  public static class Java9Crc32CFactory {
-    private static final MethodHandle NEW_CRC32C_MH;
-
-    static {
-      MethodHandle newCRC32C = null;
-      try {
-        newCRC32C = MethodHandles.publicLookup()
-            .findConstructor(
-                Class.forName("java.util.zip.CRC32C"),
-                MethodType.methodType(void.class)
-            );
-      } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-        // Should not reach here.
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
-      NEW_CRC32C_MH = newCRC32C;
-    }
-
-    public static java.util.zip.Checksum createChecksum() {
-      try {
-        // Should throw nothing
-        return (Checksum) NEW_CRC32C_MH.invoke();
-      } catch (Throwable t) {
-        throw (t instanceof RuntimeException) ? (RuntimeException) t
-            : new RuntimeException(t);
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
   private Checksum checksum;
 
   public ChecksumByteBufferImpl(Checksum impl) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumByteBuffer.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumByteBuffer.java
index 2f466377b4b..4aac0b4847e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumByteBuffer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumByteBuffer.java
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ public class TestChecksumByteBuffer {
   @Test
   public void testPureJavaCrc32ByteBuffer() {
     final Checksum expected = new PureJavaCrc32();
-    final ChecksumByteBuffer testee = new PureJavaCrc32ByteBuffer();
+    final ChecksumByteBuffer testee = ChecksumByteBufferFactory.crc32Impl();
     new VerifyChecksumByteBuffer(expected, testee).testCorrectness();
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testPureJavaCrc32CByteBuffer() {
     final Checksum expected = new PureJavaCrc32C();
-    final ChecksumByteBuffer testee = new PureJavaCrc32CByteBuffer();
+    final ChecksumByteBuffer testee = ChecksumByteBufferFactory.crc32CImpl();
     new VerifyChecksumByteBuffer(expected, testee).testCorrectness();
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumImplsComputeSameValues.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumImplsComputeSameValues.java
index aa4b45462da..a098a26f9d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumImplsComputeSameValues.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/common/TestChecksumImplsComputeSameValues.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void testCRC32CImplsMatch() {
       impls.add(new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(new PureJavaCrc32C()));
       try {
         impls.add(new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(
-            ChecksumByteBufferImpl.Java9Crc32CFactory.createChecksum()));
+            ChecksumByteBufferFactory.Java9Crc32CFactory.createChecksum()));
       } catch (Throwable e) {
         // NOOP
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkCRCStreaming.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkCRCStreaming.java
index 0d8ef2fc0b8..5dd5da8390a 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkCRCStreaming.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/genesis/BenchMarkCRCStreaming.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.ChecksumByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.ChecksumByteBufferFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.ChecksumByteBufferImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.NativeCheckSumCRC32;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.PureJavaCrc32ByteBuffer;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public void setUp() {
       case "zipCRC32C":
         try {
           checksum = new ChecksumByteBufferImpl(
-              ChecksumByteBufferImpl.Java9Crc32CFactory.createChecksum());
+              ChecksumByteBufferFactory.Java9Crc32CFactory.createChecksum());
         } catch (Throwable e) {
           throw new RuntimeException("zipCRC32C is not available pre Java 9");
         }