diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3f36d6d9ee9..446e65dcfc8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1759  Ability to specify scanner caching on a per-scan basis
                (Ken Weiner via jgray)
    HBASE-1763  Put writeToWAL methods do not have proper getter/setter names
+               (second commit to fix compile error in hregion)
 
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index f985ef890d9..51e4612cafb 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void put(Put put) throws IOException {
-    this.put(put, null, put.writeToWAL());
+    this.put(put, null, put.getWriteToWAL());
   }
   
   /**
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void put(Put put, Integer lockid) throws IOException {
-    this.put(put, lockid, put.writeToWAL());
+    this.put(put, lockid, put.getWriteToWAL());
   }
 
   /**