diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c79f3fbc878..88bb5e6cc64 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HDFS-4458. In DFSUtil.getNameServiceUris(..), convert default fs URI using
+    NetUtils.createSocketAddr(..) for being consistent with other addresses.
+    (Binglin Chang via szetszwo)
+
 Release 2.0.3-alpha - 2013-02-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
index 613f8defd17..773b1ad1996 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSUtil.java
@@ -764,6 +764,13 @@ public class DFSUtil {
     
     // Add the default URI if it is an HDFS URI.
     URI defaultUri = FileSystem.getDefaultUri(conf);
+    // checks if defaultUri is ip:port format
+    // and convert it to hostname:port format
+    if (defaultUri != null && (defaultUri.getPort() != -1)) {
+      defaultUri = createUri(defaultUri.getScheme(),
+          NetUtils.createSocketAddr(defaultUri.getHost(), 
+              defaultUri.getPort()));
+    }
     if (defaultUri != null &&
         HdfsConstants.HDFS_URI_SCHEME.equals(defaultUri.getScheme()) &&
         !nonPreferredUris.contains(defaultUri)) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUtil.java
index 06b4ed0cb8a..75596cbaeb4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUtil.java
@@ -619,6 +619,16 @@ public class TestDFSUtil {
     
     assertEquals(1, uris.size());
     assertTrue(uris.contains(new URI("hdfs://" + NN1_SRVC_ADDR)));
+
+    // Make sure when config FS_DEFAULT_NAME_KEY using IP address,
+    // it will automatically convert it to hostname
+    conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    conf.set(CommonConfigurationKeys.FS_DEFAULT_NAME_KEY, "hdfs://127.0.0.1:8020");
+    uris = DFSUtil.getNameServiceUris(conf);
+    assertEquals(1, uris.size());
+    for (URI uri : uris) {
+      assertFalse(uri.getHost().equals("127.0.0.1"));
+    }
   }
   
   @Test