diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index 12573c553f8..f28f9d35dce 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
      need to update the literal here as well as TestDFSConfigKeys.
    */
   public static final String  DFS_WEBHDFS_AUTHENTICATION_FILTER_DEFAULT =
-      "org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.AuthFilter".toString();
+      "org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.AuthFilter";
   @Deprecated
   public static final String  DFS_WEBHDFS_USER_PATTERN_KEY =
       HdfsClientConfigKeys.DFS_WEBHDFS_USER_PATTERN_KEY;