diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
index 0eb23bd19ed91..1aa171308d36f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.HttpOperationType;
@@ -246,21 +247,24 @@ private AbfsClient(final URL baseUrl,
     this.isMetricCollectionStopped = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     this.metricAnalysisPeriod = abfsConfiguration.getMetricAnalysisTimeout();
     this.metricIdlePeriod = abfsConfiguration.getMetricIdleTimeout();
-    if (!metricFormat.toString().equals("")) {
-      isMetricCollectionEnabled = true;
-      abfsCounters.initializeMetrics(metricFormat);
+    if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(metricFormat.toString())) {
       String metricAccountName = abfsConfiguration.getMetricAccount();
-      int dotIndex = metricAccountName.indexOf(AbfsHttpConstants.DOT);
-      if (dotIndex <= 0) {
-        throw new InvalidUriException(
-                metricAccountName + " - account name is not fully qualified.");
-      }
       String metricAccountKey = abfsConfiguration.getMetricAccountKey();
-      try {
-        metricSharedkeyCredentials = new SharedKeyCredentials(metricAccountName.substring(0, dotIndex),
-                metricAccountKey);
-      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-        throw new IOException("Exception while initializing metric credentials " + e);
+      if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(metricAccountName) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(metricAccountKey)) {
+        isMetricCollectionEnabled = true;
+        abfsCounters.initializeMetrics(metricFormat);
+        int dotIndex = metricAccountName.indexOf(AbfsHttpConstants.DOT);
+        if (dotIndex <= 0) {
+          throw new InvalidUriException(
+              metricAccountName + " - account name is not fully qualified.");
+        }
+        try {
+          metricSharedkeyCredentials = new SharedKeyCredentials(
+              metricAccountName.substring(0, dotIndex),
+              metricAccountKey);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+          throw new IOException("Exception while initializing metric credentials ", e);
+        }
       }
     }
     this.timer = new Timer(
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics.java
index 0071b90771c49..90d769b56f4b9 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.IOSTATISTICS_LOGGING_LEVEL_INFO;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.AZURE_READ_BUFFER_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.AZURE_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_NAME;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_FORMAT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_URI;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.MIN_BUFFER_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.ONE_KB;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemConfigurations.ONE_MB;
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.MetricFormat;
+
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -47,6 +52,20 @@
 public class ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics extends AbstractAbfsScaleTest {
 
   public ITestAbfsReadFooterMetrics() throws Exception {
+    checkPrerequisites();
+  }
+
+  private void checkPrerequisites(){
+    checkIfConfigIsSet(FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_NAME);
+    checkIfConfigIsSet(FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_KEY);
+    checkIfConfigIsSet(FS_AZURE_METRIC_URI);
+  }
+
+  private void checkIfConfigIsSet(String configKey){
+    AbfsConfiguration conf = getConfiguration();
+    String value = conf.get(configKey);
+    Assume.assumeTrue(configKey + " config is mandatory for the test to run",
+        value != null && value.trim().length() > 1);
   }
 
   private static final String TEST_PATH = "/testfile";
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsRestOperation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsRestOperation.java
index 1c6ee6e7dc9c8..e5fcf9e71ed4f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsRestOperation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsRestOperation.java
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.MetricFormat;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.HTTP_METHOD_DELETE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_NAME;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_FORMAT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_METRIC_URI;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services.AbfsRestOperationType.DeletePath;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.AzureBlobFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.AbstractAbfsIntegrationTest;
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ public class TestAbfsRestOperation extends
   public TestAbfsRestOperation() throws Exception {
   }
 
+  private void checkPrerequisites() {
+    assumeValidTestConfigPresent(getRawConfiguration(), FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_NAME);
+    assumeValidTestConfigPresent(getRawConfiguration(), FS_AZURE_METRIC_ACCOUNT_KEY);
+    assumeValidTestConfigPresent(getRawConfiguration(), FS_AZURE_METRIC_URI);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test for backoff retry metrics.
    *
@@ -49,6 +58,7 @@ public TestAbfsRestOperation() throws Exception {
    */
   @Test
   public void testBackoffRetryMetrics() throws Exception {
+    checkPrerequisites();
     // Create an AzureBlobFileSystem instance.
     final Configuration configuration = getRawConfiguration();
     configuration.set(FS_AZURE_METRIC_FORMAT, String.valueOf(MetricFormat.INTERNAL_BACKOFF_METRIC_FORMAT));