diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index 414bc6358d2..e35c5d42c83 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
               <execution>
                 <phase>package</phase>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
               </execution>
             </executions>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index 3c62b16fb41..3cb0fc26aba 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
-              <goal>javadoc</goal>
+              <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
             </goals>
             <phase>site</phase>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 3ce0edb3c50..edb7e43f4af 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index acb2855bbee..d4171b2c1aa 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <executions>
              <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 118b9f8503b..0e56bc777cd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>