diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 19496a421d1..f027037ff22 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ Release 2.6.2 - UNRELEASED
     cache files so that child processes running hadoop scripts can access these
     files. (Junping Du via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6497. Fix wrong value of JOB_FINISHED event in
+    JobHistoryEventHandler. (Shinichi Yamashita via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.6.1 - 2015-09-23
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
index bf328880987..57302623b69 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/JobHistoryEventHandler.java
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ private void processEventForTimelineServer(HistoryEvent event, JobId jobId,
         tEvent.addEventInfo("FINISHED_MAPS", jfe.getFinishedMaps());
         tEvent.addEventInfo("FINISHED_REDUCES", jfe.getFinishedReduces());
         tEvent.addEventInfo("MAP_COUNTERS_GROUPS",
-                countersToJSON(jfe.getTotalCounters()));
+                countersToJSON(jfe.getMapCounters()));
         tEvent.addEventInfo("REDUCE_COUNTERS_GROUPS",
                 countersToJSON(jfe.getReduceCounters()));
         tEvent.addEventInfo("TOTAL_COUNTERS_GROUPS",