diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 6a3e71130df..367c1274f93 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12559. KMS connection failures should trigger TGT renewal.
     (Zhe Zhang via xyao)
 
+    HADOOP-12682. Fix TestKMS#testKMSRestart* failure.
+    (Wei-Chiu Chuang via xyao)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
index 0c82173a5be..7d8a88e9c18 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
@@ -963,6 +963,42 @@ public class UserGroupInformation {
     LOG.info("Login successful for user " + keytabPrincipal
         + " using keytab file " + keytabFile);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Log the current user out who previously logged in using keytab.
+   * This method assumes that the user logged in by calling
+   * {@link #loginUserFromKeytab(String, String)}.
+   *
+   * @throws IOException if a failure occurred in logout, or if the user did
+   * not log in by invoking loginUserFromKeyTab() before.
+   */
+  @InterfaceAudience.Public
+  @InterfaceStability.Evolving
+  public void logoutUserFromKeytab() throws IOException {
+    if (!isSecurityEnabled() ||
+        user.getAuthenticationMethod() != AuthenticationMethod.KERBEROS) {
+      return;
+    }
+    LoginContext login = getLogin();
+    if (login == null || keytabFile == null) {
+      throw new IOException("loginUserFromKeytab must be done first");
+    }
+
+    try {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("Initiating logout for " + getUserName());
+      }
+      synchronized (UserGroupInformation.class) {
+        login.logout();
+      }
+    } catch (LoginException le) {
+      throw new IOException("Logout failure for " + user + " from keytab " +
+          keytabFile, le);
+    }
+
+    LOG.info("Logout successful for user " + keytabPrincipal
+        + " using keytab file " + keytabFile);
+  }
   
   /**
    * Re-login a user from keytab if TGT is expired or is close to expiry.
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/TestKMS.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/TestKMS.java
index c5a990b58b7..7131b7c9a41 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/TestKMS.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/TestKMS.java
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import javax.security.auth.Subject;
 import javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosPrincipal;
 import javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry;
-import javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
@@ -59,16 +57,13 @@ import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.security.Principal;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
@@ -250,22 +245,12 @@ public class TestKMS {
 
   private <T> T doAs(String user, final PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action)
       throws Exception {
-    Set<Principal> principals = new HashSet<Principal>();
-    principals.add(new KerberosPrincipal(user));
-
-    //client login
-    Subject subject = new Subject(false, principals,
-        new HashSet<Object>(), new HashSet<Object>());
-    LoginContext loginContext = new LoginContext("", subject, null,
-        KerberosConfiguration.createClientConfig(user, keytab));
+    UserGroupInformation.loginUserFromKeytab(user, keytab.getAbsolutePath());
+    UserGroupInformation ugi = UserGroupInformation.getLoginUser();
     try {
-      loginContext.login();
-      subject = loginContext.getSubject();
-      UserGroupInformation ugi =
-          UserGroupInformation.getUGIFromSubject(subject);
       return ugi.doAs(action);
     } finally {
-      loginContext.logout();
+      ugi.logoutUserFromKeytab();
     }
   }