diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index fbbcca3983f..576b6c2b588 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3830. test_libhdfs_threaded: use forceNewInstance.
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
 
+    HDFS-3837. Fix DataNode.recoverBlock findbugs warning. (eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
index b736d1280b0..cf070b1db09 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
@@ -88,13 +88,4 @@ public class DatanodeRegistration extends DatanodeID
       + ", storageInfo=" + storageInfo
       + ")";
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean equals(Object to) {
-    return super.equals(to);
-  }
-  @Override
-  public int hashCode() {
-    return super.hashCode();
-  }
 }