diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 76e4e18b8a3..4758afb3715 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
 
     MAPREDUCE-4156. ant build fails compiling JobInProgress (tgraves)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4160. some mrv1 ant tests fail with timeout - due to 4156 
+    (tgraves)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobInProgress.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobInProgress.java
index 9efb8d460c4..ee96db8e7c6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobInProgress.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobInProgress.java
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ public synchronized boolean completedTask(TaskInProgress tip,
     }
 
     TaskFinishedEvent tfe = new TaskFinishedEvent(tip.getTIPId(),
-        null, tip.getExecFinishTime(), taskType, 
+        statusAttemptID, tip.getExecFinishTime(), taskType, 
         TaskStatus.State.SUCCEEDED.toString(),
         new org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Counters(status.getCounters()));