diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index c105d57e7e3..8cabf8428b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10350. BUILDING.txt should mention openssl dependency required
     for hadoop-pipes (Vinayakumar B)
 
+    HADOOP-10495. TestFileUtil fails on Windows due to bad permission
+    assertions. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileUtil.java
index 3eaa97f2471..2234f2f4534 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileUtil.java
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public class TestFileUtil {
         // should never happen since that method never throws InterruptedException.      
         assertNull(ie);  
       }
-      assertFalse(notADirectory.canRead());
+      assertFalse(FileUtil.canRead(notADirectory));
       final long du3 = FileUtil.getDU(partitioned);
       assertEquals(expected, du3);
 
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ public class TestFileUtil {
         // should never happen since that method never throws InterruptedException.      
         assertNull(ie);  
       }
-      assertFalse(partitioned.canRead());
+      assertFalse(FileUtil.canRead(partitioned));
       final long du4 = FileUtil.getDU(partitioned);
       assertEquals(0, du4);
     } finally {