diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/conf/NfsConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/conf/NfsConfigKeys.java
index 05cc0b5cf63..a71095ad637 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/conf/NfsConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/conf/NfsConfigKeys.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class NfsConfigKeys {
   
   public static final String DFS_NFS_FILE_DUMP_KEY = "nfs.file.dump";
   public static final boolean DFS_NFS_FILE_DUMP_DEFAULT = true;
-  public static final String DFS_NFS_FILE_DUMP_DIR_KEY = "nfs.file.dump.dir";
+  public static final String DFS_NFS_FILE_DUMP_DIR_KEY = "nfs.dump.dir";
   public static final String DFS_NFS_FILE_DUMP_DIR_DEFAULT = "/tmp/.hdfs-nfs";
   
   public static final String DFS_NFS_MAX_READ_TRANSFER_SIZE_KEY = "nfs.rtmax";
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 562c1e5d6ed..a39b6c212af 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8346. libwebhdfs build fails during link due to unresolved external
     symbols. (Chris Nauroth via wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-8274. NFS configuration nfs.dump.dir not working. (Ajith S via
+    Arpit Agarwal)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES