diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 808f2779dda..ccf69bf2b5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -697,6 +697,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     HDFS-2205. Log message for failed connection to datanode is not
     followed by a success message. (Ravi Prakash via stevel)
 
+    HDFS-2401. Running a set of methods in a Single Test Class.
+    (Jonathan Eagles via mahadev)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-1458. Improve checkpoint performance by avoiding unnecessary image
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 46a8f6fc49b..7a19142dca8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <delete dir="${test.build.data}"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${test.build.data}"/>
                 <mkdir dir="${hadoop.log.dir}"/>
 
                 <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/test-classes/webapps">