diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 4505772fbff..d7c7c0f2870 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-3284. bootstrapStandby fails in secure cluster (todd)
 
+    HDFS-3165. HDFS Balancer scripts are refering to wrong path of
+    hadoop-daemon.sh (Amith D K via eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-1623 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2179. Add fencing framework and mechanisms for NameNode HA. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-balancer.sh b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-balancer.sh
index 24c622764e2..2c14a59f8a0 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-balancer.sh
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/start-balancer.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR=${HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR:-$DEFAULT_LIBEXEC_DIR}
 
 # Start balancer daemon.
 
-"$HADOOP_PREFIX"/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR --script "$bin"/hdfs start balancer $@
+"$HADOOP_PREFIX"/sbin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR --script "$bin"/hdfs start balancer $@
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-balancer.sh b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-balancer.sh
index 5026c8c7cca..df824560cc3 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-balancer.sh
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-balancer.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR=${HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR:-$DEFAULT_LIBEXEC_DIR}
 # Stop balancer daemon.
 # Run this on the machine where the balancer is running
 
-"$HADOOP_PREFIX"/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR --script "$bin"/hdfs stop balancer
+"$HADOOP_PREFIX"/sbin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR --script "$bin"/hdfs stop balancer