diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
index fa4e219eeddd2..04ce0d4f0cefb 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # under the License.
 """Hook for Web HDFS"""
 import logging
+import socket
 
 from hdfs import HdfsError, InsecureClient
 
@@ -56,27 +57,35 @@ def __init__(self, webhdfs_conn_id='webhdfs_default', proxy_user=None):
     def get_conn(self):
         """
         Establishes a connection depending on the security mode set via config or environment variable.
-
         :return: a hdfscli InsecureClient or KerberosClient object.
         :rtype: hdfs.InsecureClient or hdfs.ext.kerberos.KerberosClient
         """
-        connections = self.get_connections(self.webhdfs_conn_id)
+        connection = self._find_valid_server()
+        if connection is None:
+            raise AirflowWebHDFSHookException("Failed to locate the valid server.")
+        return connection
 
+    def _find_valid_server(self):
+        connections = self.get_connections(self.webhdfs_conn_id)
         for connection in connections:
+            host_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.log.info("Trying to connect to %s:%s", connection.host, connection.port)
             try:
-                self.log.debug('Trying namenode %s', connection.host)
-                client = self._get_client(connection)
-                client.status('/')
-                self.log.debug('Using namenode %s for hook', connection.host)
-                return client
+                conn_check = host_socket.connect_ex((connection.host, connection.port))
+                if conn_check == 0:
+                    self.log.info('Trying namenode %s', connection.host)
+                    client = self._get_client(connection)
+                    client.status('/')
+                    self.log.info('Using namenode %s for hook', connection.host)
+                    host_socket.close()
+                    return client
+                else:
+                    self.log.info("Could not connect to %s:%s", connection.host, connection.port)
+                host_socket.close()
             except HdfsError as hdfs_error:
-                self.log.debug('Read operation on namenode %s failed with error: %s',
-                               connection.host, hdfs_error)
-
-        hosts = [connection.host for connection in connections]
-        error_message = 'Read operations failed on the namenodes below:\n{hosts}'.format(
-            hosts='\n'.join(hosts))
-        raise AirflowWebHDFSHookException(error_message)
+                self.log.info('Read operation on namenode %s failed with error: %s',
+                              connection.host, hdfs_error)
+        return None
 
     def _get_client(self, connection):
         connection_str = 'http://{host}:{port}'.format(host=connection.host, port=connection.port)
diff --git a/tests/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/test_webhdfs.py b/tests/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/test_webhdfs.py
index ad034b411396c..4c70bd99dd56c 100644
--- a/tests/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/test_webhdfs.py
+++ b/tests/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/test_webhdfs.py
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ def setUp(self):
         Connection(host='host_1', port=123),
         Connection(host='host_2', port=321, login='user')
     ])
-    def test_get_conn(self, mock_get_connections, mock_insecure_client):
+    @patch("airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs.socket")
+    def test_get_conn(self, socket_mock, mock_get_connections, mock_insecure_client):
         mock_insecure_client.side_effect = [HdfsError('Error'), mock_insecure_client.return_value]
+        socket_mock.socket.return_value.connect_ex.return_value = 0
         conn = self.webhdfs_hook.get_conn()
 
         mock_insecure_client.assert_has_calls([
@@ -52,10 +54,13 @@ def test_get_conn(self, mock_get_connections, mock_insecure_client):
         Connection(host='host_1', port=123)
     ])
     @patch('airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs._kerberos_security_mode', return_value=True)
+    @patch("airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs.socket")
     def test_get_conn_kerberos_security_mode(self,
+                                             socket_mock,
                                              mock_kerberos_security_mode,
                                              mock_get_connections,
                                              mock_kerberos_client):
+        socket_mock.socket.return_value.connect_ex.return_value = 0
         conn = self.webhdfs_hook.get_conn()
 
         connection = mock_get_connections.return_value[0]
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ def test_get_conn_kerberos_security_mode(self,
             'http://{host}:{port}'.format(host=connection.host, port=connection.port))
         self.assertEqual(conn, mock_kerberos_client.return_value)
 
-    @patch('airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs.WebHDFSHook.get_connections', return_value=[])
+    @patch('airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs.WebHDFSHook._find_valid_server', return_value=None)
     def test_get_conn_no_connection_found(self, mock_get_connection):
         with self.assertRaises(AirflowWebHDFSHookException):
             self.webhdfs_hook.get_conn()