diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 36cf7ab5ea1..71d9ee0c701 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -859,6 +859,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-6096. Fix Eclipse project and classpath files following project
     split. (tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-6122. The great than operator in test-patch.sh should be "-gt" but
+    not ">".  (szetszwo)
+
 Release 0.20.1 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
index 95d8dd39158..f3934fdc397 100755
--- a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
+++ b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ checkJavacWarnings () {
     patchJavacWarnings=`$GREP -o '\[javac\] [0-9]* warning' $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt | awk '{total += $2} END {print total}'`
     echo "There appear to be $trunkJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings before the patch and $patchJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings after applying the patch."
     if [[ $patchJavacWarnings != "" && $trunkJavacWarnings != "" ]] ; then
-      if [[ $patchJavacWarnings > $trunkJavacWarnings ]] ; then
+      if [[ $patchJavacWarnings -gt $trunkJavacWarnings ]] ; then
         JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
     -1 javac.  The applied patch generated $patchJavacWarnings javac compiler warnings (more than the trunk's current $trunkJavacWarnings warnings)."
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ checkReleaseAuditWarnings () {
     echo ""
     echo "There appear to be $trunkReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings before the patch and $patchReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings after applying the patch."
     if [[ $patchReleaseAuditWarnings != "" && $trunkReleaseAuditWarnings != "" ]] ; then
-      if [[ $patchReleaseAuditWarnings > $trunkReleaseAuditWarnings ]] ; then
+      if [[ $patchReleaseAuditWarnings -gt $trunkReleaseAuditWarnings ]] ; then
         JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
     -1 release audit.  The applied patch generated $patchReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings (more than the trunk's current $trunkReleaseAuditWarnings warnings)."