diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index c4aa37782531b..db08ea6bfdb0f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -2759,6 +2759,7 @@ private HdfsFileStatus startFileInt(String src,
       long blockSize, CryptoProtocolVersion[] supportedVersions,
       String ecPolicyName, String storagePolicy, boolean logRetryCache)
       throws IOException {
+    final String operationName = "create";
     if (NameNode.stateChangeLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
       StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
       builder.append("DIR* NameSystem.startFile: src=").append(src)
@@ -2796,6 +2797,7 @@ private HdfsFileStatus startFileInt(String src,
 
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
     final FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
+    FSPermissionChecker.setOperationType(operationName);
     writeLock(RwLockMode.FS);
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
@@ -2858,7 +2860,7 @@ private HdfsFileStatus startFileInt(String src,
         dir.writeUnlock();
       }
     } finally {
-      writeUnlock(RwLockMode.FS, "create",
+      writeUnlock(RwLockMode.FS, operationName,
           getLockReportInfoSupplier(src, null, stat));
       // There might be transactions logged while trying to recover the lease.
       // They need to be sync'ed even when an exception was thrown.
@@ -3255,7 +3257,7 @@ INodeFile checkLease(INodesInPath iip, String holder, long fileId)
    */
   boolean completeFile(final String src, String holder,
                        ExtendedBlock last, long fileId)
-    throws IOException {
+      throws IOException {
     boolean success = false;
     final String operationName = "completeFile";
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);