diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 71ffb322f9e..b586c0b7d66 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7509. Improve exception message thrown when Authentication is 
     required. (Ravi Prakash via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-7664. Remove warmings when overriding final parameter configuration
+    if the override value is same as the final parameter value.
+    (Ravi Prakash via suresh)
+
   BUGS
 
     HADOOP-7606. Upgrade Jackson to version 1.7.1 to match the version required
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
index 4fb1d190663..a3d4de0cb37 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.java
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ public class Configuration implements Iterable<Map.Entry<String,String>>,
       if (!finalParameters.contains(attr)) {
         properties.setProperty(attr, value);
         updatingResource.put(attr, name.toString());
-      } else {
+      } else if (!value.equals(properties.getProperty(attr))) {
         LOG.warn(name+":an attempt to override final parameter: "+attr
             +";  Ignoring.");
       }