diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
index ffe3aef44594..e5695dff0c2f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -765,6 +765,16 @@ public FileChecksum getFileChecksum(Path f, long length) throws IOException {
     return super.getFileChecksum(f, length);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected Path fixRelativePart(Path p) {
+    String pathPatternString = p.toUri().getPath();
+    if (pathPatternString.isEmpty()) {
+      return new Path("/");
+    } else {
+      return super.fixRelativePart(p);
+    }
+  }
+   
   @Override
   public FileStatus[] globStatus(Path pathPattern) throws IOException {
     incrementCounter(Statistic.INVOCATION_GLOB_STATUS);