diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslPropertiesResolver.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslPropertiesResolver.java
index aadbf4b9c97..c4fc965a956 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslPropertiesResolver.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslPropertiesResolver.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class SaslPropertiesResolver implements Configurable{
    * The default Sasl Properties read from the configuration
    * @return sasl Properties
    */
-  protected Map<String,String> getDefaultProperties() {
+  public Map<String,String> getDefaultProperties() {
     return properties;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ced13ce3588..139d9b1a3d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6288. DFSInputStream Pread doesn't update ReadStatistics.
     (Juan Yu via wang)
 
+    HADOOP-10547. Give SaslPropertiesResolver.getDefaultProperties() public
+    scope. (Benoy Antony via Arpit Agarwal)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES