diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index cd4ed9e2556..24ed712588d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
-    HDFS-5034.  Remove debug prints from GetFileLinkInfo (Andrew Wang via Colin
-    Patrick McCabe)
 
 Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index d7a18a60ac8..55be4be4960 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -707,9 +707,11 @@ public GetFileLinkInfoResponseProto getFileLinkInfo(RpcController controller,
     try {
       HdfsFileStatus result = server.getFileLinkInfo(req.getSrc());
       if (result != null) {
+        System.out.println("got non null result for getFileLinkInfo for " + req.getSrc());
         return GetFileLinkInfoResponseProto.newBuilder().setFs(
             PBHelper.convert(result)).build();
       } else {
+        System.out.println("got  null result for getFileLinkInfo for " + req.getSrc());
         return VOID_GETFILELINKINFO_RESPONSE;      
       }