diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 10703c6a97e..08e5e3453e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     avoid FileNotFoundException causing HistoryFileInfo into MOVE_FAILED state.
     (zhihai xu via devaraj)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6204. TestJobCounters should use new properties instead of
+    JobConf.MAPRED_TASK_JAVA_OPTS. (Sam Liu via ozawa)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobCounters.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobCounters.java
index 1185ffb7c3a..8b692cafc5e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobCounters.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobCounters.java
@@ -611,8 +611,9 @@ public class TestJobCounters {
     jobConf.setOutputValueClass(Text.class);
     jobConf.setMaxMapAttempts(1);
     jobConf.setMaxReduceAttempts(1);
-    jobConf.set(JobConf.MAPRED_TASK_JAVA_OPTS, heapOptions);
-    
+    jobConf.set(JobConf.MAPRED_MAP_TASK_JAVA_OPTS, heapOptions);
+    jobConf.set(JobConf.MAPRED_REDUCE_TASK_JAVA_OPTS, heapOptions);
+
     // set the targets
     jobConf.setLong(MemoryLoaderMapper.TARGET_VALUE, targetMapValue);
     jobConf.setLong(MemoryLoaderReducer.TARGET_VALUE, targetReduceValue);