diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 8a036755b27..117bca21a39 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11988. Fix typo in the document for hadoop fs -find.
     (Kengo Seki via aajisaka)
 
+    HADOOP-10582. Fix the test case for copying to non-existent dir in
+    TestFsShellCopy. (Kousuke Saruta via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFsShellCopy.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFsShellCopy.java
index bef0c9fc01a..c0a6b20def7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFsShellCopy.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFsShellCopy.java
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ public class TestFsShellCopy {
       checkPut(0, srcPath, dstPath, useWindowsPath);
     }
 
-    // copy to non-existent subdir
-    prepPut(childPath, false, false);
-    checkPut(1, srcPath, dstPath, useWindowsPath);
+    // copy to non-existent dir
+    prepPut(dstPath, false, false);
+    checkPut(1, srcPath, childPath, useWindowsPath);
 
     // copy into dir, then with another name
     prepPut(dstPath, true, true);