diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 532f4ff42e9..50362cde831 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-6293. Fix FsShell -text to work on filesystems other than the
     default. (cdouglas)
 
+    HADOOP-6341. Fix test-patch.sh for checkTests function. (gkesavan)
+
 Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
index 86e7da7be0e..8741f116af5 100755
--- a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
+++ b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
@@ -690,10 +690,10 @@ setup
 checkAuthor
 RESULT=$?
 
-checkTests
 if [[ $HUDSON == "true" ]] ; then
   cleanUpXml
 fi
+checkTests
 (( RESULT = RESULT + $? ))
 applyPatch
 if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then