diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 38be4c9c141..a96be5e590e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-2501  Refactor StoreFile Code
    HBASE-2806  DNS hiccups cause uncaught NPE in HServerAddress#getBindAddress
                (Benoit Sigoure via Stack)
+   HBASE-2806  (small compile fix via jgray)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1760  Cleanup TODOs in HTable
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HServerAddress.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HServerAddress.java
index 0fff4476fee..763eca29d29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HServerAddress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HServerAddress.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class HServerAddress implements WritableComparable<HServerAddress> {
     }
   }
 
-  private checkBindAddressCanBeResolved() {
+  private void checkBindAddressCanBeResolved() {
     if (getBindAddress() == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not resolve the"
           + " DNS name of " + stringValue);