diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 725165d8119..3c025997760 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     HDFS-4375. Use token request messages defined in hadoop common.
     (suresh)
 
+    HDFS-4392. Use NetUtils#getFreeSocketPort in MiniDFSCluster.
+    (Andrew Purtell via suresh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-3429. DataNode reads checksums even if client does not need them (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
index 95008348bda..9d18c1d6433 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
@@ -2290,19 +2289,6 @@ public class MiniDFSCluster {
     return nameNodes[nnIndex].nameNode;
   }
   
-  private int getFreeSocketPort() {
-    int port = 0;
-    try {
-      ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket(0);
-      port = s.getLocalPort();
-      s.close();
-      return port;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      // Could not get a free port. Return default port 0.
-    }
-    return port;
-  }
-  
   protected void setupDatanodeAddress(Configuration conf, boolean setupHostsFile,
                            boolean checkDataNodeAddrConfig) throws IOException {
     if (setupHostsFile) {
@@ -2311,7 +2297,7 @@ public class MiniDFSCluster {
         throw new IOException("Parameter dfs.hosts is not setup in conf");
       }
       // Setup datanode in the include file, if it is defined in the conf
-      String address = "127.0.0.1:" + getFreeSocketPort();
+      String address = "127.0.0.1:" + NetUtils.getFreeSocketPort();
       if (checkDataNodeAddrConfig) {
         conf.setIfUnset(DFS_DATANODE_ADDRESS_KEY, address);
       } else {