diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d4a8c0b2d44..b2037700920 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1241,9 +1241,6 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-7814. Fix usage string of storageType parameter for
     "dfsadmin -setSpaceQuota/clrSpaceQuota". (Xiaoyu Yao via cnauroth)
 
-    HDFS-7813. TestDFSHAAdminMiniCluster#testFencer testcase is failing
-    frequently. (Rakesh R via cnauroth)
-
     HDFS-7009. Active NN and standby NN have different live nodes.
     (Ming Ma via cnauroth)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSHAAdminMiniCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSHAAdminMiniCluster.java
index 2910004f943..ee1c1845b30 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSHAAdminMiniCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSHAAdminMiniCluster.java
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ public void testFencer() throws Exception {
     tool.setConf(conf);
     assertEquals(0, runTool("-transitionToActive", "nn1"));
     assertEquals(0, runTool("-failover", "nn1", "nn2"));
-    assertEquals(0, runTool("-failover", "nn2", "nn1"));
     
     // Test failover with fencer and nameservice
     assertEquals(0, runTool("-ns", "minidfs-ns", "-failover", "nn2", "nn1"));