diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 99122f42bc6..346d23c9317 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6227. ShortCircuitCache#unref should purge ShortCircuitReplicas whose
     streams have been closed by java interrupts. (Colin Patrick McCabe via jing9)
 
+    HDFS-6442. Fix TestEditLogAutoroll and TestStandbyCheckpoints failure
+    caused by port conficts. (Zesheng Wu via Arpit Agarwal)
+
     HDFS-6448. BlockReaderLocalLegacy should set socket timeout based on
     conf.socketTimeout (liangxie via cmccabe)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLogAutoroll.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLogAutoroll.java
index bea5ee4e567..3a0ae5c5f2a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLogAutoroll.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLogAutoroll.java
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 
+import java.net.BindException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_CHECKPOINT_PERIOD_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_CHECKPOINT_TXNS_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EDIT_LOG_AUTOROLL_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EDIT_LOG_AUTOROLL_MULTIPLIER_THRESHOLD;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ public class TestEditLogAutoroll {
   private NameNode nn0;
   private FileSystem fs;
   private FSEditLog editLog;
+  private final Random random = new Random();
+
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestEditLog.class);
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -54,24 +62,35 @@ public class TestEditLogAutoroll {
     conf.setFloat(DFS_NAMENODE_EDIT_LOG_AUTOROLL_MULTIPLIER_THRESHOLD, 0.5f);
     conf.setInt(DFS_NAMENODE_EDIT_LOG_AUTOROLL_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS, 100);
 
-    MiniDFSNNTopology topology = new MiniDFSNNTopology()
-    .addNameservice(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NSConf("ns1")
-      .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1").setHttpPort(10061))
-      .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2").setHttpPort(10062)));
+    int retryCount = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        int basePort = 10060 + random.nextInt(100) * 2;
+        MiniDFSNNTopology topology = new MiniDFSNNTopology()
+            .addNameservice(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NSConf("ns1")
+                .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1").setHttpPort(basePort))
+                .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2").setHttpPort(basePort + 1)));
 
-    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
-      .nnTopology(topology)
-      .numDataNodes(0)
-      .build();
-    cluster.waitActive();
+        cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
+            .nnTopology(topology)
+            .numDataNodes(0)
+            .build();
+        cluster.waitActive();
 
-    nn0 = cluster.getNameNode(0);
-    fs = HATestUtil.configureFailoverFs(cluster, conf);
+        nn0 = cluster.getNameNode(0);
+        fs = HATestUtil.configureFailoverFs(cluster, conf);
 
-    cluster.transitionToActive(0);
+        cluster.transitionToActive(0);
 
-    fs = cluster.getFileSystem(0);
-    editLog = nn0.getNamesystem().getEditLog();
+        fs = cluster.getFileSystem(0);
+        editLog = nn0.getNamesystem().getEditLog();
+        ++retryCount;
+        break;
+      } catch (BindException e) {
+        LOG.info("Set up MiniDFSCluster failed due to port conflicts, retry "
+            + retryCount + " times");
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @After
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyCheckpoints.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyCheckpoints.java
index 2b5e89af8b8..fd579026e78 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyCheckpoints.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestStandbyCheckpoints.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.BindException;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadInfo;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ public class TestStandbyCheckpoints {
   protected MiniDFSCluster cluster;
   protected NameNode nn0, nn1;
   protected FileSystem fs;
+  private final Random random = new Random();
   protected File tmpOivImgDir;
   
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestStandbyCheckpoints.class);
@@ -87,22 +90,33 @@ public class TestStandbyCheckpoints {
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_NUM_CHECKPOINTS_RETAINED_KEY, 1);
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_NUM_EXTRA_EDITS_RETAINED_KEY, 0);
 
-    MiniDFSNNTopology topology = new MiniDFSNNTopology()
-      .addNameservice(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NSConf("ns1")
-        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1").setHttpPort(10061))
-        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2").setHttpPort(10062)));
-    
-    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
-      .nnTopology(topology)
-      .numDataNodes(0)
-      .build();
-    cluster.waitActive();
-    
-    nn0 = cluster.getNameNode(0);
-    nn1 = cluster.getNameNode(1);
-    fs = HATestUtil.configureFailoverFs(cluster, conf);
+    int retryCount = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        int basePort = 10060 + random.nextInt(100) * 2;
+        MiniDFSNNTopology topology = new MiniDFSNNTopology()
+            .addNameservice(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NSConf("ns1")
+                .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1").setHttpPort(basePort))
+                .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2").setHttpPort(basePort + 1)));
 
-    cluster.transitionToActive(0);
+        cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
+            .nnTopology(topology)
+            .numDataNodes(0)
+            .build();
+        cluster.waitActive();
+
+        nn0 = cluster.getNameNode(0);
+        nn1 = cluster.getNameNode(1);
+        fs = HATestUtil.configureFailoverFs(cluster, conf);
+
+        cluster.transitionToActive(0);
+        ++retryCount;
+        break;
+      } catch (BindException e) {
+        LOG.info("Set up MiniDFSCluster failed due to port conflicts, retry "
+            + retryCount + " times");
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   protected Configuration setupCommonConfig() {