diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5769d926e67..f651aa60ed3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5476. Changed MR AM recovery code to cleanup staging-directory
     only after unregistering from the RM. (Jian He via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5483. revert MAPREDUCE-5357. (rkanter via tucu)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-22
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmissionFiles.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmissionFiles.java
index 7e0453d3bfb..a4ea1d80a08 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmissionFiles.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmissionFiles.java
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ public class JobSubmissionFiles {
     } else {
       fs.mkdirs(stagingArea, 
           new FsPermission(JOB_DIR_PERMISSION));
-      fs.setOwner(stagingArea, currentUser, null);
     }
     return stagingArea;
   }