diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index dcb7d0ffed4..afabd4b1ec3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-2303. Unbundle jsvc. (Roman Shaposhnik and Mingjie Lai via eli)
 
     HDFS-3137. Bump LAST_UPGRADABLE_LAYOUT_VERSION to -16. (eli)
+    
+    HDFS-3138. Move DatanodeInfo#ipcPort to DatanodeID. (eli)
 
   NEW FEATURES
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeID.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeID.java
index 9c837d291f4..1b8ce5bff10 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeID.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeID.java
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ public class DatanodeID implements WritableComparable<DatanodeID> {
     name = nodeReg.getName();
     infoPort = nodeReg.getInfoPort();
     ipcPort = nodeReg.getIpcPort();
-    // update any more fields added in future.
   }
     
   /** Comparable.
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ public class DatanodeID implements WritableComparable<DatanodeID> {
     DeprecatedUTF8.writeString(out, name);
     DeprecatedUTF8.writeString(out, storageID);
     out.writeShort(infoPort);
+    out.writeShort(ipcPort);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -201,5 +201,6 @@ public class DatanodeID implements WritableComparable<DatanodeID> {
     // So chop off the first two bytes (and hence the signed bits) before 
     // setting the field.
     this.infoPort = in.readShort() & 0x0000ffff;
+    this.ipcPort = in.readShort() & 0x0000ffff;
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeInfo.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeInfo.java
index 2065ae1d1eb..418f32db16f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/DatanodeInfo.java
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ public class DatanodeInfo extends DatanodeID implements Node {
   @Override
   public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
     super.write(out);
-
-    //TODO: move it to DatanodeID once DatanodeID is not stored in FSImage
-    out.writeShort(ipcPort);
-
     out.writeLong(capacity);
     out.writeLong(dfsUsed);
     out.writeLong(remaining);
@@ -398,10 +394,6 @@ public class DatanodeInfo extends DatanodeID implements Node {
   @Override
   public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
     super.readFields(in);
-
-    //TODO: move it to DatanodeID once DatanodeID is not stored in FSImage
-    this.ipcPort = in.readShort() & 0x0000ffff;
-
     this.capacity = in.readLong();
     this.dfsUsed = in.readLong();
     this.remaining = in.readLong();