diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneClientAdapterImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneClientAdapterImpl.java
index 0079e5b39dbc..c19eb142e20a 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneClientAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneClientAdapterImpl.java
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ public InputStream readFile(String pathStr) throws IOException {
         config);
     String key = ofsPath.getKeyName();
     try {
-      OzoneBucket bucket = getBucket(ofsPath, false);
-      return bucket.readFile(key).getInputStream();
+      ClientProtocol clientProtocol = ozoneClient.getProxy();
+      return clientProtocol.readFile(ofsPath.getVolumeName(), ofsPath.getBucketName(), key).getInputStream();
     } catch (OMException ex) {
       if (ex.getResult() == OMException.ResultCodes.FILE_NOT_FOUND
           || ex.getResult() == OMException.ResultCodes.KEY_NOT_FOUND