diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 2bce2366745..3f244b8a8d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5569. FloatSplitter is not generating correct splits (Nathan
     Roberts via jlowe)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5546. mapred.cmd on Windows set HADOOP_OPTS incorrectly (Chuan Liu
+    via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/bin/mapred.cmd b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/bin/mapred.cmd
index b2d53fa145e..1eb5803fbab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/bin/mapred.cmd
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/bin/mapred.cmd
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ if "%1" == "--config" (
   set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME%\modules\*
 
   call :%mapred-command% %mapred-command-arguments%
-  set java_arguments=%JAVA_HEAP_MAX% %MAPRED_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSPATH% %CLASS% %mapred-command-arguments%
+  set java_arguments=%JAVA_HEAP_MAX% %HADOOP_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSPATH% %CLASS% %mapred-command-arguments%
   call %JAVA% %java_arguments%
 
 goto :eof
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ goto :eof
 
 :historyserver
   set CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.JobHistoryServer
-  set HADOOP_OPTS=%HADOOP_OPTS% -Dmapred.jobsummary.logger=%HADOOP_JHS_LOGGER% %HADOOP_JOB_HISTORYSERVER_OPTS%"
+  set HADOOP_OPTS=%HADOOP_OPTS% -Dmapred.jobsummary.logger=%HADOOP_JHS_LOGGER% %HADOOP_JOB_HISTORYSERVER_OPTS%
   if defined HADOOP_JOB_HISTORYSERVER_HEAPSIZE (
     set JAVA_HEAP_MAX=-Xmx%HADOOP_JOB_HISTORYSERVER_HEAPSIZE%m
   )