diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5c88ff8217b..d403233ab01 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ Release 2.1.0-alpha - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-4380. Empty Userlogs directory is getting created under logs
     directory (Devaraj K via bobby)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4612. job summary file permissions not set when its created
+    (tgraves via bobby)
+
 Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
index 01073cb34fb..d94f074af99 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ public class JobHistoryEventHandler extends AbstractService
       summaryFileOut = doneDirFS.create(qualifiedSummaryDoneFile, true);
       summaryFileOut.writeUTF(mi.getJobSummary().getJobSummaryString());
       summaryFileOut.close();
+      doneDirFS.setPermission(qualifiedSummaryDoneFile, new FsPermission(
+          JobHistoryUtils.HISTORY_INTERMEDIATE_FILE_PERMISSIONS));
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.info("Unable to write out JobSummaryInfo to ["
           + qualifiedSummaryDoneFile + "]", e);
@@ -894,7 +896,7 @@ public class JobHistoryEventHandler extends AbstractService
       
       stagingDirFS.delete(fromPath, false);
     }
-    }
+  }
 
   boolean pathExists(FileSystem fileSys, Path path) throws IOException {
     return fileSys.exists(path);