diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index bc09fc4e0f6..ccc6fe40657 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3322. Use HdfsDataInputStream and HdfsDataOutputStream in Hdfs.
     (szetszwo)
 
+    HDFS-3339. Change INode to package private.  (John George via szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-2477. Optimize computing the diff between a block report and the
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index 28c0cb1f5f3..2acbd9448b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.BlockUCState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.ReplicaState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSClusterStats;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFileUnderConstruction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
@@ -2382,7 +2381,7 @@ assert storedBlock.findDatanode(dn) < 0 : "Block " + block
       // necessary. In that case, put block on a possibly-will-
       // be-replicated list.
       //
-      INode fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
+      INodeFile fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
       if (fileINode != null) {
         namesystem.decrementSafeBlockCount(block);
         updateNeededReplications(block, -1, 0);
@@ -2614,7 +2613,7 @@ assert storedBlock.findDatanode(dn) < 0 : "Block " + block
       NumberReplicas num) {
     int curReplicas = num.liveReplicas();
     int curExpectedReplicas = getReplication(block);
-    INode fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
+    INodeFile fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
     Iterator<DatanodeDescriptor> nodeIter = blocksMap.nodeIterator(block);
     StringBuilder nodeList = new StringBuilder();
     while (nodeIter.hasNext()) {
@@ -2665,7 +2664,7 @@ assert storedBlock.findDatanode(dn) < 0 : "Block " + block
     final Iterator<? extends Block> it = srcNode.getBlockIterator();
     while(it.hasNext()) {
       final Block block = it.next();
-      INode fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
+      INodeFile fileINode = blocksMap.getINode(block);
 
       if (fileINode != null) {
         NumberReplicas num = countNodes(block);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
index c4bc1cc4646..cdad315f7a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.ContentSummary;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
  * This is a base INode class containing common fields for file and 
  * directory inodes.
  */
-public abstract class INode implements Comparable<byte[]>, FSInodeInfo {
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+abstract class INode implements Comparable<byte[]>, FSInodeInfo {
   /*
    *  The inode name is in java UTF8 encoding; 
    *  The name in HdfsFileStatus should keep the same encoding as this.