diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
index bd99db403d6..157b9ab5ee9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ public abstract class TrashPolicy extends Configured {
   protected Path trash; // path to trash directory
   protected long deletionInterval; // deletion interval for Emptier
 
+  /**
+   * Used to setup the trash policy. Must be implemented by all TrashPolicy
+   * implementations.
+   * @param conf the configuration to be used
+   * @param fs the filesystem to be used
+   * @param home the home directory
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #initialize(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public abstract void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home);
+
   /**
    * Used to setup the trash policy. Must be implemented by all TrashPolicy
    * implementations. Different from initialize(conf, fs, home), this one does
@@ -99,6 +110,25 @@ public Path getCurrentTrashDir(Path path) throws IOException {
    */
   public abstract Runnable getEmptier() throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Get an instance of the configured TrashPolicy based on the value
+   * of the configuration parameter fs.trash.classname.
+   *
+   * @param conf the configuration to be used
+   * @param fs the file system to be used
+   * @param home the home directory
+   * @return an instance of TrashPolicy
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #getInstance(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static TrashPolicy getInstance(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home) {
+    Class<? extends TrashPolicy> trashClass = conf.getClass(
+        "fs.trash.classname", TrashPolicyDefault.class, TrashPolicy.class);
+    TrashPolicy trash = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(trashClass, conf);
+    trash.initialize(conf, fs, home); // initialize TrashPolicy
+    return trash;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get an instance of the configured TrashPolicy based on the value
    * of the configuration parameter fs.trash.classname.
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
index f4a825c451e..72222be04a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@ private TrashPolicyDefault(FileSystem fs, Configuration conf)
     initialize(conf, fs);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #initialize(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
+   */
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home) {
+    this.fs = fs;
+    this.deletionInterval = (long)(conf.getFloat(
+        FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY, FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_DEFAULT)
+        * MSECS_PER_MINUTE);
+    this.emptierInterval = (long)(conf.getFloat(
+        FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_KEY, FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT)
+        * MSECS_PER_MINUTE);
+   }
+
   @Override
   public void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs) {
     this.fs = fs;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
index 2aba01f8972..338aff6e8d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
@@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ public static void main(String [] arg) throws IOException{
   public static class TestTrashPolicy extends TrashPolicy {
     public TestTrashPolicy() { }
 
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home) {
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs) {
     }