diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index a52d593ff32..182344d8d0a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1137,6 +1137,8 @@ Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
     HADOOP-7568. SequenceFile should not print into stdout.
     (Plamen Jeliazkov via shv)
 
+    HADOOP-7663. Fix TestHDFSTrash failure. (Mayank Bansal via shv)
+
     HADOOP-7457. Remove out-of-date Chinese language documentation.
     (Jakob Homan via eli)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
index 3d739a07d8b..782e4e41674 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
@@ -486,6 +486,9 @@ public class TestTrash extends TestCase {
     conf.set(FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY, "0.2"); // 12 seconds
     conf.setClass("fs.file.impl", TestLFS.class, FileSystem.class);
     conf.set(FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_KEY, "0.1"); // 6 seconds
+    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getLocal(conf);
+    conf.set("fs.default.name", fs.getUri().toString());
+    
     Trash trash = new Trash(conf);
 
     // Start Emptier in background
@@ -493,8 +496,6 @@ public class TestTrash extends TestCase {
     Thread emptierThread = new Thread(emptier);
     emptierThread.start();
 
-    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getLocal(conf);
-    conf.set("fs.defaultFS", fs.getUri().toString());
     FsShell shell = new FsShell();
     shell.setConf(conf);
     shell.init();