diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 346c9820ac4..c131d6ea8f3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -551,6 +551,9 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     HDFS-3738. TestDFSClientRetries#testFailuresArePerOperation sets incorrect
     timeout config. (atm)
 
+    HDFS-3756. DelegationTokenFetcher creates 2 HTTP connections, the second 
+    one not properly configured. (tucu)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
index 63aa6b2064f..e0935d475cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ static public long renewDelegationToken(String nnAddr,
     try {
       URL url = new URL(buf.toString());
       connection = (HttpURLConnection) SecurityUtil.openSecureHttpConnection(url);
-      connection = (HttpURLConnection)URLUtils.openConnection(url);
       if (connection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
         throw new IOException("Error renewing token: " + 
             connection.getResponseMessage());