diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index f848bfd724d..64868c9fc15 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ Release 2.1.0-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8982. TestSocketIOWithTimeout fails on Windows.
     (Chris Nauroth via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-8958. ViewFs:Non absolute mount name failures when running 
+    multiple tests on Windows. (Chris Nauroth via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.5-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
@@ -768,6 +771,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - 2013-02-06
     HADOOP-9289. FsShell rm -f fails for non-matching globs. (Daryn Sharp via
     suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-8958. ViewFs:Non absolute mount name failures when running 
+    multiple tests on Windows. (Chris Nauroth via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystemTestSetup.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystemTestSetup.java
index 07bd0ce6e09..81ca2106b80 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystemTestSetup.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFileSystemTestSetup.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystemTestHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.viewfs.ConfigUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
 import org.mortbay.log.Log;
 
 
@@ -130,8 +131,11 @@ public class ViewFileSystemTestSetup {
    * in the target file system.
    */
   static void linkUpFirstComponents(Configuration conf, String path, FileSystem fsTarget, String info) {
-    int indexOf2ndSlash = path.indexOf('/', 1);
-    String firstComponent = path.substring(0, indexOf2ndSlash);
+    int indexOfEnd = path.indexOf('/', 1);
+    if (Shell.WINDOWS) {
+      indexOfEnd = path.indexOf('/', indexOfEnd + 1);
+    }
+    String firstComponent = path.substring(0, indexOfEnd);
     URI linkTarget = fsTarget.makeQualified(new Path(firstComponent)).toUri();
     ConfigUtil.addLink(conf, firstComponent, linkTarget);
     Log.info("Added link for " + info + " " 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsTestSetup.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsTestSetup.java
index 0dd83408173..92bcbc34642 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsTestSetup.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ViewFsTestSetup.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContextTestHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.viewfs.ConfigUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
 import org.mortbay.log.Log;
 
 
@@ -120,8 +121,11 @@ public class ViewFsTestSetup {
    */
   static void linkUpFirstComponents(Configuration conf, String path,
       FileContext fsTarget, String info) {
-    int indexOf2ndSlash = path.indexOf('/', 1);
-    String firstComponent = path.substring(0, indexOf2ndSlash);
+    int indexOfEnd = path.indexOf('/', 1);
+    if (Shell.WINDOWS) {
+      indexOfEnd = path.indexOf('/', indexOfEnd + 1);
+    }
+    String firstComponent = path.substring(0, indexOfEnd);
     URI linkTarget = fsTarget.makeQualified(new Path(firstComponent)).toUri();
     ConfigUtil.addLink(conf, firstComponent, linkTarget);
     Log.info("Added link for " + info + " "