diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 0a2e67a346a..5e7506e3903 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
 
     HDFS-4073. Two minor improvements to FSDirectory.  (Jing Zhao via szetszwo)
 
+    HDFS-4074. Remove the unused default constructor from INode.  (Brandon Li
+    via szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
index c9d26e4b542..cc5e689e2f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ long combine(long bits, long record) {
     }
   }
 
-  protected INode() {
-    name = null;
-    parent = null;
-    modificationTime = 0;
-    accessTime = 0;
-  }
-
   INode(PermissionStatus permissions, long mTime, long atime) {
     this.name = null;
     this.parent = null;