diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 18da336b78a..fd30f9bddee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-6096. TestWebHdfsTokens may timeout. (szetszwo via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-5244. TestNNStorageRetentionManager#testPurgeMultipleDirs fails.
+    (Jinghui Wang via suresh)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-5698 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
     HDFS-5717. Save FSImage header in protobuf. (Haohui Mai via jing9)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNNStorageRetentionManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNNStorageRetentionManager.java
index e78242b68d9..f0f25aa2351 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNNStorageRetentionManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNNStorageRetentionManager.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ private void runTest(TestCaseDescription tc) throws IOException {
   }
   
   private class TestCaseDescription {
-    private Map<File, FakeRoot> dirRoots = Maps.newHashMap();
+    private Map<File, FakeRoot> dirRoots = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
     private Set<File> expectedPurgedLogs = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
     private Set<File> expectedPurgedImages = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();