diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a746ecf0d2c..8a190308e2f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
     HDFS-2371. Refactor BlockSender.java for better readability. (suresh)
 
+    HDFS-2493. Remove reference to FSNamesystem in blockmanagement classes.
+    (szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-1458. Improve checkpoint performance by avoiding unnecessary image
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index d6bb28f8f16..84a866f3d05 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.ExportedBlockKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.BlockUCState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.ReplicaState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSClusterStats;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFileUnderConstruction;
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 /**
  * Keeps information related to the blocks stored in the Hadoop cluster.
- * This class is a helper class for {@link FSNamesystem} and requires several
- * methods to be called with lock held on {@link FSNamesystem}.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class BlockManager {
@@ -174,15 +172,16 @@ public class BlockManager {
   /** for block replicas placement */
   private BlockPlacementPolicy blockplacement;
   
-  public BlockManager(FSNamesystem fsn, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
-    namesystem = fsn;
-    datanodeManager = new DatanodeManager(this, fsn, conf);
+  public BlockManager(final Namesystem namesystem, final FSClusterStats stats,
+      final Configuration conf) throws IOException {
+    this.namesystem = namesystem;
+    datanodeManager = new DatanodeManager(this, namesystem, conf);
     heartbeatManager = datanodeManager.getHeartbeatManager();
     invalidateBlocks = new InvalidateBlocks(datanodeManager);
 
     blocksMap = new BlocksMap(DEFAULT_MAP_LOAD_FACTOR);
     blockplacement = BlockPlacementPolicy.getInstance(
-        conf, fsn, datanodeManager.getNetworkTopology());
+        conf, stats, datanodeManager.getNetworkTopology());
     pendingReplications = new PendingReplicationBlocks(conf.getInt(
       DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_PENDING_TIMEOUT_SEC_KEY,
       DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_PENDING_TIMEOUT_SEC_DEFAULT) * 1000L);
@@ -2556,7 +2555,7 @@ public class BlockManager {
 
     workFound = this.computeReplicationWork(blocksToProcess);
 
-    // Update FSNamesystemMetrics counters
+    // Update counters
     namesystem.writeLock();
     try {
       this.updateState();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
index e0c2de955a7..8c847759e03 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.UnregisteredNodeException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor.BlockTargetPair;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Namesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BalancerBandwidthCommand;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BlockCommand;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.BlockRecoveryCommand;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 public class DatanodeManager {
   static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DatanodeManager.class);
 
-  private final FSNamesystem namesystem;
+  private final Namesystem namesystem;
   private final BlockManager blockManager;
 
   private final HeartbeatManager heartbeatManager;
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ public class DatanodeManager {
   final int blockInvalidateLimit;
   
   DatanodeManager(final BlockManager blockManager,
-      final FSNamesystem namesystem, final Configuration conf
+      final Namesystem namesystem, final Configuration conf
       ) throws IOException {
     this.namesystem = namesystem;
     this.blockManager = blockManager;
 
-    this.heartbeatManager = new HeartbeatManager(namesystem, conf);
+    this.heartbeatManager = new HeartbeatManager(namesystem, blockManager, conf);
 
     this.hostsReader = new HostsFileReader(
         conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HOSTS, ""),
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ public class DatanodeManager {
   private Daemon decommissionthread = null;
 
   void activate(final Configuration conf) {
-    this.decommissionthread = new Daemon(new DecommissionManager(namesystem).new Monitor(
+    final DecommissionManager dm = new DecommissionManager(namesystem, blockManager);
+    this.decommissionthread = new Daemon(dm.new Monitor(
         conf.getInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DECOMMISSION_INTERVAL_KEY, 
                     DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DECOMMISSION_INTERVAL_DEFAULT),
         conf.getInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DECOMMISSION_NODES_PER_INTERVAL_KEY, 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeStatistics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeStatistics.java
index ae8df2f50e5..24ec9b15524 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeStatistics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeStatistics.java
@@ -56,4 +56,7 @@ public interface DatanodeStatistics {
    * The block related entries are set to -1.
    */
   public long[] getStats();
+
+  /** @return the expired heartbeats */
+  public int getExpiredHeartbeats();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DecommissionManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DecommissionManager.java
index 93afe65118a..a234cf545fc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DecommissionManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DecommissionManager.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Namesystem;
 
 /**
  * Manage node decommissioning.
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 class DecommissionManager {
   static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DecommissionManager.class);
 
-  private final FSNamesystem fsnamesystem;
+  private final Namesystem namesystem;
+  private final BlockManager blockmanager;
 
-  DecommissionManager(final FSNamesystem namesystem) {
-    this.fsnamesystem = namesystem;
+  DecommissionManager(final Namesystem namesystem,
+      final BlockManager blockmanager) {
+    this.namesystem = namesystem;
+    this.blockmanager = blockmanager;
   }
 
   /** Periodically check decommission status. */
@@ -61,12 +64,12 @@ class DecommissionManager {
      */
     @Override
     public void run() {
-      for(; fsnamesystem.isRunning(); ) {
-        fsnamesystem.writeLock();
+      for(; namesystem.isRunning(); ) {
+        namesystem.writeLock();
         try {
           check();
         } finally {
-          fsnamesystem.writeUnlock();
+          namesystem.writeUnlock();
         }
   
         try {
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ class DecommissionManager {
     }
     
     private void check() {
-      final DatanodeManager dm = fsnamesystem.getBlockManager().getDatanodeManager();
+      final DatanodeManager dm = blockmanager.getDatanodeManager();
       int count = 0;
       for(Map.Entry<String, DatanodeDescriptor> entry
           : dm.getDatanodeCyclicIteration(firstkey)) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
index 266850c02db..9163e7ecbc6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/HeartbeatManager.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Namesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Daemon;
 
 /**
@@ -55,14 +55,17 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
   /** Heartbeat monitor thread */
   private final Daemon heartbeatThread = new Daemon(new Monitor());
 
-  final FSNamesystem namesystem;
+  final Namesystem namesystem;
+  final BlockManager blockManager;
 
-  HeartbeatManager(final FSNamesystem namesystem, final Configuration conf) {
+  HeartbeatManager(final Namesystem namesystem, final BlockManager blockManager,
+      final Configuration conf) {
     this.heartbeatRecheckInterval = conf.getInt(
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_KEY, 
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_HEARTBEAT_RECHECK_INTERVAL_DEFAULT); // 5 minutes
 
     this.namesystem = namesystem;
+    this.blockManager = blockManager;
   }
 
   void activate(Configuration conf) {
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
                        getBlockPoolUsed()};
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public synchronized int getExpiredHeartbeats() {
+    return stats.expiredHeartbeats;
+  }
+
   synchronized void register(final DatanodeDescriptor d) {
     if (!datanodes.contains(d)) {
       addDatanode(d);
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
    * effect causes more datanodes to be declared dead.
    */
   void heartbeatCheck() {
-    final DatanodeManager dm = namesystem.getBlockManager().getDatanodeManager();
+    final DatanodeManager dm = blockManager.getDatanodeManager();
     // It's OK to check safe mode w/o taking the lock here, we re-check
     // for safe mode after taking the lock before removing a datanode.
     if (namesystem.isInSafeMode()) {
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
       synchronized(this) {
         for (DatanodeDescriptor d : datanodes) {
           if (dm.isDatanodeDead(d)) {
-            namesystem.incrExpiredHeartbeats();
+            stats.incrExpiredHeartbeats();
             dead = d;
             break;
           }
@@ -244,8 +252,7 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
             heartbeatCheck();
             lastHeartbeatCheck = now;
           }
-          if (namesystem.getBlockManager().shouldUpdateBlockKey(
-              now - lastBlockKeyUpdate)) {
+          if (blockManager.shouldUpdateBlockKey(now - lastBlockKeyUpdate)) {
             synchronized(HeartbeatManager.this) {
               for(DatanodeDescriptor d : datanodes) {
                 d.needKeyUpdate = true;
@@ -274,6 +281,8 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
     private long blockPoolUsed = 0L;
     private int xceiverCount = 0;
 
+    private int expiredHeartbeats = 0;
+
     private void add(final DatanodeDescriptor node) {
       capacityUsed += node.getDfsUsed();
       blockPoolUsed += node.getBlockPoolUsed();
@@ -297,5 +306,10 @@ class HeartbeatManager implements DatanodeStatistics {
         capacityTotal -= node.getDfsUsed();
       }
     }
+    
+    /** Increment expired heartbeat counter. */
+    private void incrExpiredHeartbeats() {
+      expiredHeartbeats++;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 2c6d02153be..d6c9497bbe2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -17,6 +17,45 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_SIZE_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BYTES_PER_CHECKSUM_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BYTES_PER_CHECKSUM_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_WRITE_PACKET_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_WRITE_PACKET_SIZE_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_ACCESSTIME_PRECISION_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_KEY_UPDATE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_KEY_UPDATE_INTERVAL_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_TOKEN_MAX_LIFETIME_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_TOKEN_MAX_LIFETIME_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_TOKEN_RENEW_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_TOKEN_RENEW_INTERVAL_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EDITS_DIR_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_MAX_OBJECTS_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_MAX_OBJECTS_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_NAME_DIR_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_MIN_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_MIN_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPL_QUEUE_THRESHOLD_PCT_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RESOURCE_CHECK_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_RESOURCE_CHECK_INTERVAL_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SAFEMODE_EXTENSION_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODES_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODES_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SAFEMODE_THRESHOLD_PCT_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_SAFEMODE_THRESHOLD_PCT_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_UPGRADE_PERMISSION_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_UPGRADE_PERMISSION_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PERMISSIONS_ENABLED_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PERMISSIONS_ENABLED_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PERMISSIONS_SUPERUSERGROUP_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PERMISSIONS_SUPERUSERGROUP_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_SUPPORT_APPEND_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_SUPPORT_APPEND_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.Util.now;
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
@@ -68,7 +107,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.UnresolvedLinkException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.*;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
@@ -119,7 +157,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.annotation.Metric;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.annotation.Metrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.DefaultMetricsSystem;
-import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.MutableCounterInt;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.util.MBeans;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetworkTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
@@ -202,8 +239,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
   private UserGroupInformation fsOwner;
   private String supergroup;
   private PermissionStatus defaultPermission;
-  // FSNamesystemMetrics counter variables
-  @Metric private MutableCounterInt expiredHeartbeats;
   
   // Scan interval is not configurable.
   private static final long DELEGATION_TOKEN_REMOVER_SCAN_INTERVAL =
@@ -282,7 +317,7 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
     nnResourceChecker = new NameNodeResourceChecker(conf);
     checkAvailableResources();
     this.systemStart = now();
-    this.blockManager = new BlockManager(this, conf);
+    this.blockManager = new BlockManager(this, this, conf);
     this.datanodeStatistics = blockManager.getDatanodeManager().getDatanodeStatistics();
     this.fsLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock(true); // fair locking
     setConfigurationParameters(conf);
@@ -2589,9 +2624,9 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
     return blockManager.getMissingBlocksCount();
   }
   
-  /** Increment expired heartbeat counter. */
-  public void incrExpiredHeartbeats() {
-    expiredHeartbeats.incr();
+  @Metric({"ExpiredHeartbeats", "Number of expired heartbeats"})
+  public int getExpiredHeartbeats() {
+    return datanodeStatistics.getExpiredHeartbeats();
   }
 
   /** @see ClientProtocol#getStats() */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeReport.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeReport.java
index 06194b8e43f..a27739ec766 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeReport.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeReport.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class TestDatanodeReport extends TestCase {
                    NUM_OF_DATANODES);
 
       Thread.sleep(5000);
-      assertCounter("ExpiredHeartbeats", 1, getMetrics("FSNamesystem"));
+      assertGauge("ExpiredHeartbeats", 1, getMetrics("FSNamesystem"));
     }finally {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
index 565a765b1f1..44d733df5ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class TestBlockManager {
         "need to set a dummy value here so it assumes a multi-rack cluster");
     fsn = Mockito.mock(FSNamesystem.class);
     Mockito.doReturn(true).when(fsn).hasWriteLock();
-    bm = new BlockManager(fsn, conf);
+    bm = new BlockManager(fsn, fsn, conf);
   }
   
   private void addNodes(Iterable<DatanodeDescriptor> nodesToAdd) {