diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/lib/server/Server.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/lib/server/Server.java
index 2b2d746af93..d083831c58a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/lib/server/Server.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/lib/server/Server.java
@@ -418,7 +418,11 @@ public class Server {
       Properties props = new Properties();
       try {
         InputStream is = getResource(DEFAULT_LOG4J_PROPERTIES);
-        props.load(is);
+        try {
+          props.load(is);
+        } finally {
+          is.close();
+        }
       } catch (IOException ex) {
         throw new ServerException(ServerException.ERROR.S03, DEFAULT_LOG4J_PROPERTIES, ex.getMessage(), ex);
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 68cabaa210e..b6b2d816cf1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-5266. ElasticByteBufferPool#Key does not implement equals. (cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-5352. Server#initLog() doesn't close InputStream in httpfs. (Ted Yu via
+    jing9)
+
 Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES