diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
index fe4a844619273..881b29f2f85cb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private static boolean checkPublicPermsForAll(FileSystem fs,
   static boolean ancestorsHaveExecutePermissions(FileSystem fs,
       Path path, LoadingCache<Path,Future<FileStatus>> statCache)
       throws IOException {
-    Path current = path;
+    Path current = path.getParent();
     while (current != null) {
       //the subdirs in the path should have execute permissions for others
       if (!checkPermissionOfOther(fs, current, FsAction.EXECUTE, statCache)) {