diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 45ae0691c67..d511db5f08c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1726,6 +1726,8 @@ Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4172. namenode does not URI-encode parameters when building URI for
     datanode request (Derek Dagit via bobby)
 
+    HDFS-4182. SecondaryNameNode leaks NameCache entries (bobby)
+
 Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
index ef9ab48d262..4d2888db24b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.BlockUCState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.ByteArray;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 /*************************************************
@@ -173,6 +174,12 @@ void setReady() {
       writeUnlock();
     }
   }
+  
+  //This is for testing purposes only
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  boolean isReady() {
+    return ready;
+  }
 
   // exposed for unit tests
   protected void setReady(boolean flag) {
@@ -2003,9 +2010,16 @@ private boolean unprotectedSetTimes(String src, INode inode, long mtime,
    * Reset the entire namespace tree.
    */
   void reset() {
-    rootDir = new INodeDirectoryWithQuota(INodeDirectory.ROOT_NAME,
-        getFSNamesystem().createFsOwnerPermissions(new FsPermission((short)0755)),
-        Integer.MAX_VALUE, -1);
+    writeLock();
+    try {
+      setReady(false);
+      rootDir = new INodeDirectoryWithQuota(INodeDirectory.ROOT_NAME,
+          getFSNamesystem().createFsOwnerPermissions(new FsPermission((short)0755)),
+          Integer.MAX_VALUE, -1);
+      nameCache.reset();
+    } finally {
+      writeUnlock();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameCache.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameCache.java
index 59c0a30b07f..cf4f9a739da 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameCache.java
@@ -152,4 +152,14 @@ private void promote(final K name) {
     cache.put(name, name);
     lookups += useThreshold;
   }
+
+  public void reset() {
+    initialized = false;
+    cache.clear();
+    if (transientMap == null) {
+      transientMap = new HashMap<K, UseCount>();
+    } else {
+      transientMap.clear();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
index 9b1b9fcab58..cd6227397ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static void doMerge(
             "just been downloaded");
       }
       dstImage.reloadFromImageFile(file, dstNamesystem);
+      dstNamesystem.dir.imageLoadComplete();
     }
     
     Checkpointer.rollForwardByApplyingLogs(manifest, dstImage, dstNamesystem);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameCache.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameCache.java
index 8d635f63bc0..e32e77e3519 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameCache.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameCache.java
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ public void testDictionary() throws Exception {
     for (String s : notMatching) {
       verifyNameReuse(cache, s, false);
     }
+    
+    cache.reset();
+    cache.initialized();
+    
+    for (String s : matching) {
+      verifyNameReuse(cache, s, false);
+    }
+    
+    for (String s : notMatching) {
+      verifyNameReuse(cache, s, false);
+    }
   }
 
   private void verifyNameReuse(NameCache<String> cache, String s, boolean reused) {