diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a0459d56ec7..924f12e4328 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-5105. TestFsck fails on Windows. (Chuan Liu via arp)
 
+    HDFS-5106. TestDatanodeBlockScanner fails on Windows due to incorrect path
+    format. (Chuan Liu via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-22
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeBlockScanner.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeBlockScanner.java
index 30cb035ff90..eb28a14e5f3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeBlockScanner.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDatanodeBlockScanner.java
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ public class TestDatanodeBlockScanner {
     }
   }
   
-  private static final String BASE_PATH = "/data/current/finalized";
+  private static final String BASE_PATH = (new File("/data/current/finalized"))
+      .getAbsolutePath();
   
   @Test
   public void testReplicaInfoParsing() throws Exception {