diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClient.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClient.java
index 626c112a506..a661e34a7e7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClient.java
@@ -171,14 +171,16 @@ private <T> T sendMessageInner(Object message, Class<T> clz) throws Throwable {
   private boolean shouldRetry(@Nullable RpcEndpointRef oldRef, Throwable e) {
     // It will always throw celeborn exception , so we need to get the cause
     // 'CelebornException: Exception thrown in awaitResult'
-    if (e.getCause() instanceof MasterNotLeaderException) {
-      MasterNotLeaderException exception = (MasterNotLeaderException) e.getCause();
+    MasterNotLeaderException exception = findMasterNotLeaderException(e);
+    if (exception != null) {
       String leaderAddr =
           isWorker
               ? exception.getSuggestedInternalLeaderAddress()
               : exception.getSuggestedLeaderAddress();
       if (!leaderAddr.equals(MasterNotLeaderException.LEADER_NOT_PRESENTED)) {
-        setRpcEndpointRef(leaderAddr);
+        if (!setRpcEndpointRef(leaderAddr)) {
+          resetRpcEndpointRef(oldRef);
+        }
       } else {
         LOG.warn("Master leader is not present currently, please check masters' status!");
         resetRpcEndpointRef(oldRef);
@@ -191,13 +193,55 @@ private boolean shouldRetry(@Nullable RpcEndpointRef oldRef, Throwable e) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  private void setRpcEndpointRef(String masterEndpoint) {
+  @Nullable
+  private MasterNotLeaderException findMasterNotLeaderException(Throwable throwable) {
+    Throwable current = throwable;
+    while (current != null) {
+      if (current instanceof MasterNotLeaderException) {
+        return (MasterNotLeaderException) current;
+      }
+      current = current.getCause();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private boolean setRpcEndpointRef(String masterEndpoint) {
     // This method should never care newer or old value, we just set the suggested master endpoint.
     // If an error occurs when setting the suggested Master, it means that the Master may be down.
     // At this time, we just set `rpcEndpointRef` to null. Then next time, we will re-select the
     // Master and get the correct leader.
-    rpcEndpointRef.set(setupEndpointRef(masterEndpoint));
-    LOG.info("Fail over to master {}.", masterEndpoint);
+    String nextMasterEndpoint = masterEndpoint;
+    Set<String> triedMasterEndpoints = new HashSet<>();
+    while (triedMasterEndpoints.add(nextMasterEndpoint)) {
+      try {
+        RpcEndpointRef endpointRef = setupEndpointRef(nextMasterEndpoint);
+        if (endpointRef != null) {
+          rpcEndpointRef.set(endpointRef);
+          LOG.info("Fail over to master {}.", nextMasterEndpoint);
+          return true;
+        }
+        break;
+      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        MasterNotLeaderException exception = findMasterNotLeaderException(e);
+        if (exception == null) {
+          break;
+        }
+
+        String leaderAddr =
+            isWorker
+                ? exception.getSuggestedInternalLeaderAddress()
+                : exception.getSuggestedLeaderAddress();
+        if (MasterNotLeaderException.LEADER_NOT_PRESENTED.equals(leaderAddr)) {
+          break;
+        }
+        nextMasterEndpoint = leaderAddr;
+      }
+    }
+    rpcEndpointRef.set(null);
+    LOG.info(
+        "Fail over to master {} failed during endpoint setup; will retry with another master.",
+        masterEndpoint);
+    return false;
   }
 
   private void resetRpcEndpointRef(@Nullable RpcEndpointRef oldRef) {
@@ -241,7 +285,13 @@ private RpcEndpointRef getOrSetupRpcEndpointRef(AtomicInteger currentIndex) {
     if (endpointRef == null) {
       int index = currentIndex.get();
       do {
-        RpcEndpointRef tempEndpointRef = setupEndpointRef(activeMasterEndpoints.get(index));
+        RpcEndpointRef tempEndpointRef;
+        try {
+          tempEndpointRef = setupEndpointRef(activeMasterEndpoints.get(index));
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+          currentIndex.set((index + 1) % activeMasterEndpoints.size());
+          throw e;
+        }
         if (rpcEndpointRef.compareAndSet(null, tempEndpointRef)) {
           index = (index + 1) % activeMasterEndpoints.size();
         }
@@ -269,6 +319,14 @@ private RpcEndpointRef setupEndpointRef(String endpoint) {
           rpcEnv.setupEndpointRef(
               RpcAddress.fromHostAndPort(endpoint), masterEndpointResolver.masterEndpointName());
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      MasterNotLeaderException exception = findMasterNotLeaderException(e);
+      if (exception != null
+          && !MasterNotLeaderException.LEADER_NOT_PRESENTED.equals(
+              isWorker
+                  ? exception.getSuggestedInternalLeaderAddress()
+                  : exception.getSuggestedLeaderAddress())) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
       // Catch all exceptions. Because we don't care whether this exception is IOException or
       // TimeoutException or other exceptions, so we just try to connect to host:port, if fail,
       // we try next address.
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClientSuiteJ.java b/common/src/test/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClientSuiteJ.java
index bb74d99b2c7..26ad11c4320 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClientSuiteJ.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/client/MasterClientSuiteJ.java
@@ -245,6 +245,257 @@ public void testOneMasterTimeoutInHA() {
     checkOneMasterAskFailedInHA(new RpcTimeoutException("test", new TimeoutException("test")));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBootstrapMasterNotLeaderRedirectsToSuggestedLeaderInHA() {
+    final CelebornConf conf =
+        conf()
+            .set(CelebornConf.HA_ENABLED().key(), "true")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_ENDPOINTS().key(), "host1:9097,host3:9097")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_CLIENT_MAX_RETRIES().key(), "5");
+
+    final RpcEndpointRef master2 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+    Mockito.doReturn(Future$.MODULE$.successful(mockResponse))
+        .when(master2)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              RpcAddress address = invocation.getArgument(0, RpcAddress.class);
+              switch (address.host()) {
+                case "host1":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException("host1:9097", "host2:9097", null));
+                case "host2":
+                  return master2;
+                case "host3":
+                  throw new AssertionError("Should follow the suggested leader before host3.");
+                default:
+                  fail("Should use master host1/host2:" + masterPort + ", but use " + address);
+              }
+              return null;
+            })
+        .when(rpcEnv)
+        .setupEndpointRef(Mockito.any(RpcAddress.class), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    MasterClient client = new MasterClient(rpcEnv, conf, false);
+    HeartbeatFromWorker message = Mockito.mock(HeartbeatFromWorker.class);
+
+    HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse response = null;
+    try {
+      response = client.askSync(message, HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse.class);
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      LOG.error("It should redirect to the suggested leader during bootstrap.", t);
+      fail("It should redirect to the suggested leader during bootstrap.");
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(mockResponse, response);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBootstrapMasterNotLeaderWithoutLeaderContinuesToOtherConfiguredMastersInHA() {
+    final CelebornConf conf = prepareForCelebornConfWithHA();
+
+    final RpcEndpointRef master2 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+    Mockito.doReturn(Future$.MODULE$.successful(mockResponse))
+        .when(master2)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              RpcAddress address = invocation.getArgument(0, RpcAddress.class);
+              switch (address.host()) {
+                case "host1":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException(
+                          "host1:9097", MasterNotLeaderException.LEADER_NOT_PRESENTED, null));
+                case "host2":
+                  return master2;
+                default:
+                  fail("Should use master host1/host2:" + masterPort + ", but use " + address);
+              }
+              return null;
+            })
+        .when(rpcEnv)
+        .setupEndpointRef(Mockito.any(RpcAddress.class), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    MasterClient client = new MasterClient(rpcEnv, conf, false);
+    HeartbeatFromWorker message = Mockito.mock(HeartbeatFromWorker.class);
+
+    HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse response = null;
+    try {
+      response = client.askSync(message, HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse.class);
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      LOG.error("It should continue to another configured master during bootstrap.", t);
+      fail("It should continue to another configured master during bootstrap.");
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(mockResponse, response);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSuggestedLeaderSetupFailureRetriesAnotherMasterInHA() {
+    final CelebornConf conf =
+        conf()
+            .set(CelebornConf.HA_ENABLED().key(), "true")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_ENDPOINTS().key(), "host1:9097,host4:9097")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_CLIENT_MAX_RETRIES().key(), "5");
+
+    final RpcEndpointRef master1 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+    final RpcEndpointRef master3 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+
+    Mockito.doReturn(
+            Future$.MODULE$.failed(new MasterNotLeaderException("host1:9097", "host2:9097", null)))
+        .when(master1)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+    Mockito.doReturn(Future$.MODULE$.successful(mockResponse))
+        .when(master3)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              RpcAddress address = invocation.getArgument(0, RpcAddress.class);
+              switch (address.host()) {
+                case "host1":
+                  return master1;
+                case "host2":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException("host2:9097", "host3:9097", null));
+                case "host3":
+                  return master3;
+                case "host4":
+                  throw new AssertionError("Should follow chained suggested leaders before host4.");
+                default:
+                  fail(
+                      "Should use master host1/host2/host3:" + masterPort + ", but use " + address);
+              }
+              return null;
+            })
+        .when(rpcEnv)
+        .setupEndpointRef(Mockito.any(RpcAddress.class), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    MasterClient client = new MasterClient(rpcEnv, conf, false);
+    HeartbeatFromWorker message = Mockito.mock(HeartbeatFromWorker.class);
+
+    HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse response = null;
+    try {
+      response = client.askSync(message, HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse.class);
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      LOG.error("It should retry with another master when suggested leader setup races.", t);
+      fail("It should retry with another master when suggested leader setup races.");
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(mockResponse, response);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSuggestedLeaderRedirectCycleRetriesConfiguredMasterInHA() {
+    final CelebornConf conf =
+        conf()
+            .set(CelebornConf.HA_ENABLED().key(), "true")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_ENDPOINTS().key(), "host1:9097,host4:9097")
+            .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_CLIENT_MAX_RETRIES().key(), "5");
+
+    final RpcEndpointRef master1 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+    final RpcEndpointRef master4 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+
+    Mockito.doReturn(
+            Future$.MODULE$.failed(new MasterNotLeaderException("host1:9097", "host2:9097", null)))
+        .when(master1)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+    Mockito.doReturn(Future$.MODULE$.successful(mockResponse))
+        .when(master4)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              RpcAddress address = invocation.getArgument(0, RpcAddress.class);
+              switch (address.host()) {
+                case "host1":
+                  return master1;
+                case "host2":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException("host2:9097", "host3:9097", null));
+                case "host3":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException("host3:9097", "host2:9097", null));
+                case "host4":
+                  return master4;
+                default:
+                  fail(
+                      "Should use master host1/host2/host3/host4:"
+                          + masterPort
+                          + ", but use "
+                          + address);
+              }
+              return null;
+            })
+        .when(rpcEnv)
+        .setupEndpointRef(Mockito.any(RpcAddress.class), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    MasterClient client = new MasterClient(rpcEnv, conf, false);
+    HeartbeatFromWorker message = Mockito.mock(HeartbeatFromWorker.class);
+
+    HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse response = null;
+    try {
+      response = client.askSync(message, HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse.class);
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      LOG.error("It should retry another configured master after a redirect cycle.", t);
+      fail("It should retry another configured master after a redirect cycle.");
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(mockResponse, response);
+    Mockito.verify(rpcEnv, Mockito.times(1))
+        .setupEndpointRef(
+            Mockito.eq(RpcAddress.fromHostAndPort("host2:9097")), Mockito.anyString());
+    Mockito.verify(rpcEnv, Mockito.times(1))
+        .setupEndpointRef(
+            Mockito.eq(RpcAddress.fromHostAndPort("host3:9097")), Mockito.anyString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBootstrapSuggestedLeaderConnectionFailureRetriesConfiguredMasterInHA() {
+    final CelebornConf conf = prepareForCelebornConfWithHA();
+
+    final RpcEndpointRef master3 = Mockito.mock(RpcEndpointRef.class);
+
+    Mockito.doReturn(Future$.MODULE$.successful(mockResponse))
+        .when(master3)
+        .ask(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
+
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              RpcAddress address = invocation.getArgument(0, RpcAddress.class);
+              switch (address.host()) {
+                case "host1":
+                  throw new RuntimeException(
+                      new MasterNotLeaderException("host1:9097", "host2:9097", null));
+                case "host2":
+                  throw new IOException("test");
+                case "host3":
+                  return master3;
+                default:
+                  fail(
+                      "Should use master host1/host2/host3:" + masterPort + ", but use " + address);
+              }
+              return null;
+            })
+        .when(rpcEnv)
+        .setupEndpointRef(Mockito.any(RpcAddress.class), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    MasterClient client = new MasterClient(rpcEnv, conf, false);
+    HeartbeatFromWorker message = Mockito.mock(HeartbeatFromWorker.class);
+
+    HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse response = null;
+    try {
+      response = client.askSync(message, HeartbeatFromWorkerResponse.class);
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      LOG.error("It should retry another configured master after bootstrap redirect fails.", t);
+      fail("It should retry another configured master after bootstrap redirect fails.");
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(mockResponse, response);
+  }
+
   private void checkOneMasterDownInHA(Exception causedByException) {
     final CelebornConf conf = prepareForCelebornConfWithHA();
 
@@ -440,15 +691,19 @@ private void prepareForEndpointRefWithoutRetry(Supplier<Future<?>> supplier) {
   }
 
   private CelebornConf prepareForCelebornConfWithoutHA() {
-    return conf.clone()
+    return conf()
         .set(CelebornConf.HA_ENABLED().key(), "false")
         .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_ENDPOINTS().key(), masterHost + ":" + masterPort);
   }
 
   private CelebornConf prepareForCelebornConfWithHA() {
-    return conf.clone()
+    return conf()
         .set(CelebornConf.HA_ENABLED().key(), "true")
         .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_ENDPOINTS().key(), "host1:9097,host2:9097,host3:9097")
         .set(CelebornConf.MASTER_CLIENT_MAX_RETRIES().key(), "5");
   }
+
+  private CelebornConf conf() {
+    return conf.clone();
+  }
 }