diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 5cf00c747d6..25bad2b9934 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10816. KeyShell returns -1 on error to the shell, should be 1.
     (Mike Yoder via wang)
 
+    HADOOP-10826. Iteration on KeyProviderFactory.serviceLoader is
+    thread-unsafe. (benoyantony viat tucu)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - 2014-08-11
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProviderFactory.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProviderFactory.java
index 05890dc8f57..799147e005f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProviderFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,15 @@ public abstract class KeyProviderFactory {
   private static final ServiceLoader<KeyProviderFactory> serviceLoader =
       ServiceLoader.load(KeyProviderFactory.class);
 
+  // Iterate through the serviceLoader to avoid lazy loading.
+  // Lazy loading would require synchronization in concurrent use cases.
+  static {
+    Iterator<KeyProviderFactory> iterServices = serviceLoader.iterator();
+    while (iterServices.hasNext()) {
+      iterServices.next();
+    }
+  }
+
   public static List<KeyProvider> getProviders(Configuration conf
                                                ) throws IOException {
     List<KeyProvider> result = new ArrayList<KeyProvider>();