diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 8d2b35b1001..4b838086781 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5986. Capture the number of blocks pending deletion on namenode webUI.
     (cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-6070. Cleanup use of ReadStatistics in DFSInputStream. (wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5790. LeaseManager.findPath is very slow when many leases need recovery
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index 9663712a1e3..5dbef718f30 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -659,14 +659,11 @@ implements ByteBufferReadable, CanSetDropBehind, CanSetReadahead,
         int nRead, BlockReader blockReader) {
     if (nRead <= 0) return;
     if (blockReader.isShortCircuit()) {
-      readStatistics.totalBytesRead += nRead;
-      readStatistics.totalLocalBytesRead += nRead;
-      readStatistics.totalShortCircuitBytesRead += nRead;
+      readStatistics.addShortCircuitBytes(nRead);
     } else if (blockReader.isLocal()) {
-      readStatistics.totalBytesRead += nRead;
-      readStatistics.totalLocalBytesRead += nRead;
+      readStatistics.addLocalBytes(nRead);
     } else {
-      readStatistics.totalBytesRead += nRead;
+      readStatistics.addRemoteBytes(nRead);
     }
   }