diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 5be7a1cd2ce..cb76c8cf652 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6612. MiniDFSNNTopology#simpleFederatedTopology(int)
     always hardcode nameservice ID. (Juan Yu via wang)
 
+    HDFS-6614. shorten TestPread run time with a smaller retry timeout setting.
+    (Liang Xie via cnauroth)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-6214. Webhdfs has poor throughput for files >2GB (daryn)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestPread.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestPread.java
index ab665fd2911..135360e779f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestPread.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestPread.java
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ private void dfsPreadTest(Configuration conf, boolean disableTransferTo, boolean
       throws IOException {
     conf.setLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_SIZE_KEY, 4096);
     conf.setLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_READ_PREFETCH_SIZE_KEY, 4096);
+    // Set short retry timeouts so this test runs faster
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_RETRY_WINDOW_BASE, 0);
     if (simulatedStorage) {
       SimulatedFSDataset.setFactory(conf);
     }