diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 672a0278f3f..729fee3a520 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ Release 2.1.0-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9630. [RPC v9] Remove IpcSerializationType. (Junping Du via llu)
 
-    HADOOP-9646.  Inconsistent exception specifications in FileUtils#chmod
-    (Colin Patrick McCabe)
-
   NEW FEATURES
 
     HADOOP-9283. Add support for running the Hadoop client on AIX. (atm)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.java
index 9178844b315..e24f445245c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileUtil.java
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ public class FileUtil {
    * @throws InterruptedException
    */
   public static int chmod(String filename, String perm
-                          ) throws IOException {
+                          ) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     return chmod(filename, perm, false);
   }