diff --git a/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 1b968aeef86..205356113a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
         <module name="LineLength"/>
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
-        <module name="ParameterNumber"/>
+        <module name="ParameterNumber">
+          <property name="ignoreOverriddenMethods" value="true"/>
+        </module>
 
 
         <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->