diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index cd1d10396e2..521e9468f8b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8275. Range check DelegationKey length.
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
 
+    HADOOP-8342. HDFS command fails with exception following merge of 
+    HADOOP-8325 (tucu)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index 6cd44640fbf..9229b84e8ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -2198,10 +2198,7 @@ public abstract class FileSystem extends Configured implements Closeable {
       if (map.containsKey(key) && fs == map.get(key)) {
         map.remove(key);
         toAutoClose.remove(key);
-        if (map.isEmpty()) {
-          ShutdownHookManager.get().removeShutdownHook(clientFinalizer);
         }
-      }
     }
 
     synchronized void closeAll() throws IOException {