diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALInputFormat.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALInputFormat.java
index ae9dcb8c8efd..30d112fd1c0c 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALInputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALInputFormat.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.security.TokenCache;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@ List<InputSplit> getSplits(final JobContext context, final String startKey, fina
     Configuration conf = context.getConfiguration();
     boolean ignoreMissing = conf.getBoolean(WALPlayer.IGNORE_MISSING_FILES, false);
     Path[] inputPaths = getInputPaths(conf);
+    // get delegation token for the filesystem
+    TokenCache.obtainTokensForNamenodes(context.getCredentials(), inputPaths, conf);
     long startTime = conf.getLong(startKey, Long.MIN_VALUE);
     long endTime = conf.getLong(endKey, Long.MAX_VALUE);