diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1776a499916..03eca7a14ea 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ Release 2.7.4 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-10879. TestEncryptionZonesWithKMS#testReadWrite fails intermittently.
     (xiaochen)
 
+    HDFS-9333. Some tests using MiniDFSCluster errored complaining port in
+    use. (iwasakims)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - 2016-08-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFS.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFS.java
index b15cb380976..0de54ec54fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFS.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFS.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.NamenodeProtocols;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.net.ServerSocketUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -341,7 +342,12 @@ public class TestBlockTokenWithDFS {
     Configuration conf = getConf(numDataNodes);
 
     try {
-      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(numDataNodes).build();
+      // prefer non-ephemeral port to avoid port collision on restartNameNode
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
+          .nameNodePort(ServerSocketUtil.getPort(19820, 100))
+          .nameNodeHttpPort(ServerSocketUtil.getPort(19870, 100))
+          .numDataNodes(numDataNodes)
+          .build();
       cluster.waitActive();
       assertEquals(numDataNodes, cluster.getDataNodes().size());
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDFSZKFailoverController.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDFSZKFailoverController.java
index bcbd5432dfa..782f80c6bf8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDFSZKFailoverController.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDFSZKFailoverController.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.EditLogFileOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DFSHAAdmin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DFSZKFailoverController;
+import org.apache.hadoop.net.ServerSocketUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.MultithreadedTestUtil.TestContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.MultithreadedTestUtil.TestingThread;
@@ -75,14 +76,21 @@ public class TestDFSZKFailoverController extends ClientBaseWithFixes {
     conf.setInt(
         CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IPC_CLIENT_CONNECTION_MAXIDLETIME_KEY,
         0);
-    
-    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_ZKFC_PORT_KEY + ".ns1.nn1", 10023);
-    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_ZKFC_PORT_KEY + ".ns1.nn2", 10024);
 
+    // Get random port numbers in advance. Because ZKFCs and DFSHAAdmin
+    // needs rpc port numbers of all ZKFCs, Setting 0 does not work here.
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_ZKFC_PORT_KEY + ".ns1.nn1",
+        ServerSocketUtil.getPort(10023, 100));
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_ZKFC_PORT_KEY + ".ns1.nn2",
+        ServerSocketUtil.getPort(10024, 100));
+
+    // prefer non-ephemeral port to avoid port collision on restartNameNode
     MiniDFSNNTopology topology = new MiniDFSNNTopology()
     .addNameservice(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NSConf("ns1")
-        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1").setIpcPort(10021))
-        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2").setIpcPort(10022)));
+        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn1")
+            .setIpcPort(ServerSocketUtil.getPort(10021, 100)))
+        .addNN(new MiniDFSNNTopology.NNConf("nn2")
+            .setIpcPort(ServerSocketUtil.getPort(10022, 100))));
     cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
         .nnTopology(topology)
         .numDataNodes(0)