diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ad4f90a0bd3..167a789c057 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6877. Avoid calling checkDisk when an HDFS volume is removed during a
     write. (Lei Xu via Colin P. McCabe)
 
+    HDFS-2486. Remove unnecessary priority level checks in
+    UnderReplicatedBlocks.  (Uma Maheswara Rao G via szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/UnderReplicatedBlocks.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/UnderReplicatedBlocks.java
index 0920afcd997..8d20016ecc8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/UnderReplicatedBlocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/UnderReplicatedBlocks.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ synchronized boolean add(Block block,
     assert curReplicas >= 0 : "Negative replicas!";
     int priLevel = getPriority(block, curReplicas, decomissionedReplicas,
                                expectedReplicas);
-    if(priLevel != LEVEL && priorityQueues.get(priLevel).add(block)) {
+    if(priorityQueues.get(priLevel).add(block)) {
       if(NameNode.blockStateChangeLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
         NameNode.blockStateChangeLog.debug(
           "BLOCK* NameSystem.UnderReplicationBlock.add:"
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ synchronized void update(Block block, int curReplicas,
         " curPri  " + curPri +
         " oldPri  " + oldPri);
     }
-    if(oldPri != LEVEL && oldPri != curPri) {
+    if(oldPri != curPri) {
       remove(block, oldPri);
     }
-    if(curPri != LEVEL && priorityQueues.get(curPri).add(block)) {
+    if(priorityQueues.get(curPri).add(block)) {
       if(NameNode.blockStateChangeLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
         NameNode.blockStateChangeLog.debug(
           "BLOCK* NameSystem.UnderReplicationBlock.update:"