diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 6c1469ed158..cf3b194f7e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Release 0.23-PB - Unreleased
     HDFS-2647. Used protobuf based RPC for InterDatanodeProtocol, 
     ClientDatanodeProtocol, JournalProtocol, NamenodeProtocol. (suresh)
 
+    HDFS-2666. Fix TestBackupNode failure. (suresh)
+
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
     HDFS-2018. Move all journal stream management code into one place.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/PBHelper.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/PBHelper.java
index ea0df18d735..6be43660696 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/PBHelper.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/PBHelper.java
@@ -339,16 +339,19 @@ public class PBHelper {
 
   public static CheckpointCommandProto convert(CheckpointCommand cmd) {
     return CheckpointCommandProto.newBuilder()
-        .setSignature(convert(cmd.getSignature())).build();
+        .setSignature(convert(cmd.getSignature()))
+        .setNeedToReturnImage(cmd.needToReturnImage()).build();
   }
 
   public static NamenodeCommandProto convert(NamenodeCommand cmd) {
     if (cmd instanceof CheckpointCommand) {
       return NamenodeCommandProto.newBuilder().setAction(cmd.getAction())
-          .setType(NamenodeCommandProto.Type.NamenodeCommand)
+          .setType(NamenodeCommandProto.Type.CheckPointCommand)
           .setCheckpointCmd(convert((CheckpointCommand) cmd)).build();
     }
-    return NamenodeCommandProto.newBuilder().setAction(cmd.getAction()).build();
+    return NamenodeCommandProto.newBuilder()
+        .setType(NamenodeCommandProto.Type.NamenodeCommand)
+        .setAction(cmd.getAction()).build();
   }
 
   public static BlockKey[] convertBlockKeys(List<BlockKeyProto> list) {