diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
index 01f1af9624d05..2347cb330df6b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public class DatanodeManager {
 
   private volatile long heartbeatIntervalSeconds;
   private volatile int heartbeatRecheckInterval;
+  /** Used by {@link HeartbeatManager}. */
+  private volatile long heartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor;
   /**
    * Stores the datanode -> block map.  
    * <p>
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ public class DatanodeManager {
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_AVOID_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_KEY,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_AVOID_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_DEFAULT);
     this.staleInterval = getStaleIntervalFromConf(conf, heartbeatExpireInterval);
+    refreshHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor();
     this.ratioUseStaleDataNodesForWrite = conf.getFloat(
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_USE_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_RATIO_KEY,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_USE_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_RATIO_DEFAULT);
@@ -2210,6 +2213,19 @@ private void setHeartbeatInterval(long intervalSeconds,
     this.heartbeatExpireInterval = 2L * recheckInterval + 10 * 1000
         * intervalSeconds;
     this.blockInvalidateLimit = getBlockInvalidateLimit(blockInvalidateLimit);
+    refreshHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor();
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public void refreshHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor() {
+    if (avoidStaleDataNodesForWrite && staleInterval < heartbeatRecheckInterval) {
+      heartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor = staleInterval;
+      LOG.info("Setting heartbeat recheck interval to " + staleInterval
+          + " since " + DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_STALE_DATANODE_INTERVAL_KEY
+          + " is less than " + heartbeatRecheckInterval);
+    } else {
+      heartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor = heartbeatRecheckInterval;
+    }
   }
 
   private int getBlockInvalidateLimitFromHBInterval() {
@@ -2351,4 +2367,8 @@ public boolean isSlowPeerCollectorInitialized() {
   public long getSlowPeerCollectionInterval() {
     return slowPeerCollectionInterval;
   }
+
+  public long getHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor() {
+    return heartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
index 43ded22dbceaf..579e7b98e08b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
   /** Statistics, which are synchronized by the heartbeat manager lock. */
   private final DatanodeStats stats = new DatanodeStats();
 
-  /** The time period to check for expired datanodes. */
-  private final long heartbeatRecheckInterval;
   /** Heartbeat monitor thread. */
   private final Daemon heartbeatThread = new Daemon(new Monitor());
   private final StopWatch heartbeatStopWatch = new StopWatch();
@@ -86,31 +84,12 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
       final BlockManager blockManager, final Configuration conf) {
     this.namesystem = namesystem;
     this.blockManager = blockManager;
-    boolean avoidStaleDataNodesForWrite = conf.getBoolean(
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_AVOID_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_KEY,
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_AVOID_STALE_DATANODE_FOR_WRITE_DEFAULT);
-    long recheckInterval = conf.getInt(
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_KEY,
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_DEFAULT); // 5 min
-    long staleInterval = conf.getLong(
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_STALE_DATANODE_INTERVAL_KEY,
-        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_STALE_DATANODE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT);// 30s
     enableLogStaleNodes = conf.getBoolean(
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_ENABLE_LOG_STALE_DATANODE_KEY,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_ENABLE_LOG_STALE_DATANODE_DEFAULT);
     this.numOfDeadDatanodesRemove = conf.getInt(
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REMOVE_DEAD_DATANODE_BATCHNUM_KEY,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REMOVE_BAD_BATCH_NUM_DEFAULT);
-
-    if (avoidStaleDataNodesForWrite && staleInterval < recheckInterval) {
-      this.heartbeatRecheckInterval = staleInterval;
-      LOG.info("Setting heartbeat recheck interval to " + staleInterval
-          + " since " + DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_STALE_DATANODE_INTERVAL_KEY
-          + " is less than "
-          + DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_KEY);
-    } else {
-      this.heartbeatRecheckInterval = recheckInterval;
-    }
   }
 
   void activate() {
@@ -355,7 +334,8 @@ void restartHeartbeatStopWatch() {
   @VisibleForTesting
   boolean shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(long offset) {
     long elapsed = heartbeatStopWatch.now(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    return elapsed + offset > heartbeatRecheckInterval;
+    return elapsed + offset > blockManager.getDatanodeManager()
+        .getHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -545,7 +525,8 @@ public void run() {
         restartHeartbeatStopWatch();
         try {
           final long now = Time.monotonicNow();
-          if (lastHeartbeatCheck + heartbeatRecheckInterval < now) {
+          if (lastHeartbeatCheck + blockManager.getDatanodeManager()
+              .getHeartbeatRecheckIntervalForMonitor() < now) {
             heartbeatCheck();
             lastHeartbeatCheck = now;
           }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestHeartbeatHandling.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestHeartbeatHandling.java
index bd35eb4b39f57..5966670b270ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestHeartbeatHandling.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestHeartbeatHandling.java
@@ -259,24 +259,23 @@ public void testHeartbeatBlockRecovery() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void testHeartbeatStopWatch() throws Exception {
-   Namesystem ns = Mockito.mock(Namesystem.class);
-   BlockManager bm = Mockito.mock(BlockManager.class);
-   Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-   long recheck = 2000;
-   conf.setLong(
-       DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_KEY, recheck);
-   HeartbeatManager monitor = new HeartbeatManager(ns, bm, conf);
-   monitor.restartHeartbeatStopWatch();
-   assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
-   // sleep shorter than recheck and verify shouldn't abort
-   Thread.sleep(100);
-   assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
-   // sleep longer than recheck and verify should abort unless ignore delay
-   Thread.sleep(recheck);
-   assertTrue(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
-   assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(-recheck*3));
-   // ensure it resets properly
-   monitor.restartHeartbeatStopWatch();
-   assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
+    Namesystem ns = Mockito.mock(Namesystem.class);
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    long recheck = 2000;
+    conf.setLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_KEY, recheck);
+    BlockManager bm = new BlockManager(ns, false, conf);
+    HeartbeatManager monitor = new HeartbeatManager(ns, bm, conf);
+    monitor.restartHeartbeatStopWatch();
+    assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
+    // sleep shorter than recheck and verify shouldn't abort
+    Thread.sleep(100);
+    assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
+    // sleep longer than recheck and verify should abort unless ignore delay
+    Thread.sleep(recheck);
+    assertTrue(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
+    assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(-recheck * 3));
+    // ensure it resets properly
+    monitor.restartHeartbeatStopWatch();
+    assertFalse(monitor.shouldAbortHeartbeatCheck(0));
   }
 }