diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
index 956f5bbe519d4..756b273c8ac1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
@@ -1101,7 +1101,12 @@ public PipelineAck.ECN getECN() {
     }
     double load = ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean()
         .getSystemLoadAverage();
-    return load > NUM_CORES * congestionRatio ? PipelineAck.ECN.CONGESTED :
+    double threshold = NUM_CORES * congestionRatio;
+
+    if (load > threshold || DataNodeFaultInjector.get().mockCongestedForTest()) {
+      metrics.incrCongestedCount();
+    }
+    return load > threshold ? PipelineAck.ECN.CONGESTED :
         PipelineAck.ECN.SUPPORTED;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeFaultInjector.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeFaultInjector.java
index 7b116d9e566f3..4c022535118bd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeFaultInjector.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeFaultInjector.java
@@ -162,4 +162,8 @@ public void markSlow(String dnAddr, int[] replies) {}
    * Just delay delete replica a while.
    */
   public void delayDeleteReplica() {}
+
+  public boolean mockCongestedForTest() {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
index 77e6dab067b9d..398af6df51186 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ public class DataNodeMetrics {
   private MutableCounterLong replaceBlockOpOnSameMount;
   @Metric("Number of replaceBlock ops to another node")
   private MutableCounterLong replaceBlockOpToOtherHost;
+  @Metric("Number of congested count")
+  private MutableCounterLong congestedCount;
 
   final MetricsRegistry registry = new MetricsRegistry("datanode");
   @Metric("Milliseconds spent on calling NN rpc")
@@ -807,4 +809,7 @@ public void incrReplaceBlockOpToOtherHost() {
     replaceBlockOpToOtherHost.incr();
   }
 
+  public void incrCongestedCount() {
+    congestedCount.incr();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDataNodeMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDataNodeMetrics.java
index 3a0b5238360a2..9806cb7f3164d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDataNodeMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDataNodeMetrics.java
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.datatransfer.PipelineAck;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.DomainSocket;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.TemporarySocketDirectory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Lists;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -816,4 +818,31 @@ public Boolean get() {
       }, 100, 10000);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCongestedCount() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PIPELINE_ECN_ENABLED, true);
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+    DataNodeFaultInjector old = null;
+    try {
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(3).build();
+      old = DataNodeFaultInjector.get();
+      DataNodeFaultInjector.set(new DataNodeFaultInjector(){
+        @Override
+        public boolean mockCongestedForTest() {
+          return true;
+        }
+      });
+      PipelineAck.ECN ecn = cluster.getDataNodes().get(0).getECN();
+      MetricsRecordBuilder dnMetrics = getMetrics(cluster.getDataNodes().get(0)
+          .getMetrics().name());
+      Assert.assertEquals(1L, getLongCounter("CongestedCount", dnMetrics));
+    } finally {
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        DataNodeFaultInjector.set(old);
+        cluster.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }