diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 5cf64bf2f38..f23046f9bee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -659,8 +659,6 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     HDFS-3830. test_libhdfs_threaded: use forceNewInstance.
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
 
-    HDFS-3837. Fix DataNode.recoverBlock findbugs warning. (eli)
-
     HDFS-3835. Long-lived 2NN cannot perform a checkpoint if security is
     enabled and the NN restarts with outstanding delegation tokens. (atm)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
index cf070b1db09..b736d1280b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/DatanodeRegistration.java
@@ -88,4 +88,13 @@ public class DatanodeRegistration extends DatanodeID
       + ", storageInfo=" + storageInfo
       + ")";
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object to) {
+    return super.equals(to);
+  }
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return super.hashCode();
+  }
 }