diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d5f0d86d77a..969b22ef0f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-7329. Improve logging when MiniDFSCluster fails to start.
     (Byron Wong via shv)
 
+    HDFS-7336. Unused member DFSInputStream.buffersize. (Milan Desai via shv)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index 4d6de34bd99..6bf90c82024 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ public DFSInputStream open(String src, int buffersize, boolean verifyChecksum)
       throws IOException, UnresolvedLinkException {
     checkOpen();
     //    Get block info from namenode
-    return new DFSInputStream(this, src, buffersize, verifyChecksum);
+    return new DFSInputStream(this, src, verifyChecksum);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index 008cc5481e3..9794eeca3c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -215,19 +214,17 @@ void addZeroCopyBytes(long amt) {
    * parallel accesses to DFSInputStream (through ptreads) properly */
   private final ConcurrentHashMap<DatanodeInfo, DatanodeInfo> deadNodes =
              new ConcurrentHashMap<DatanodeInfo, DatanodeInfo>();
-  private int buffersize = 1;
-  
+
   private final byte[] oneByteBuf = new byte[1]; // used for 'int read()'
 
   void addToDeadNodes(DatanodeInfo dnInfo) {
     deadNodes.put(dnInfo, dnInfo);
   }
   
-  DFSInputStream(DFSClient dfsClient, String src, int buffersize, boolean verifyChecksum
+  DFSInputStream(DFSClient dfsClient, String src, boolean verifyChecksum
                  ) throws IOException, UnresolvedLinkException {
     this.dfsClient = dfsClient;
     this.verifyChecksum = verifyChecksum;
-    this.buffersize = buffersize;
     this.src = src;
     this.cachingStrategy =
         dfsClient.getDefaultReadCachingStrategy();