diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 9f827228d09..107940eb8c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11615. Update ServiceLevelAuth.md for YARN.
     (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
 
+    HADOOP-11605. FilterFileSystem#create with ChecksumOpt should propagate it
+    to wrapped FS. (gera)
+
 Release 2.6.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FilterFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FilterFileSystem.java
index d4080adc74d..d14a272e256 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FilterFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FilterFileSystem.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class FilterFileSystem extends FileSystem {
         Progressable progress,
         ChecksumOpt checksumOpt) throws IOException {
     return fs.create(f, permission,
-      flags, bufferSize, replication, blockSize, progress);
+      flags, bufferSize, replication, blockSize, progress, checksumOpt);
   }
   
   @Override