diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/hdfs/hdfs_native.py b/manila/share/drivers/hdfs/hdfs_native.py
index 9c48b06662..de8d79b88a 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/hdfs/hdfs_native.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/hdfs/hdfs_native.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class HDFSNativeShareDriver(driver.ExecuteMixin, driver.ShareDriver):
 
     def _hdfs_local_execute(self, *cmd, **kwargs):
         if 'run_as_root' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs.update({'run_as_root': True})
+            kwargs.update({'run_as_root': False})
 
         return utils.execute(*cmd, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/hdfs/test_hdfs_native.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/hdfs/test_hdfs_native.py
index a7889e99bb..e221e3389b 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/hdfs/test_hdfs_native.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/hdfs/test_hdfs_native.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class HDFSNativeShareDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         cmd = 'testcmd'
         self.mock_object(utils, 'execute', mock.Mock(return_value=True))
         self._driver._hdfs_local_execute(cmd)
-        utils.execute.assert_called_once_with(cmd, run_as_root=True)
+        utils.execute.assert_called_once_with(cmd, run_as_root=False)
 
     def test__hdfs_remote_execute(self):
         self._driver._run_ssh = mock.Mock(return_value=True)