diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/server/FSOperations.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/server/FSOperations.java
index b0d8a944da..7e67b11657 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/server/FSOperations.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/server/FSOperations.java
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ public FSCreate(InputStream is, String path, String perm, boolean override, shor
     @Override
     public Void execute(FileSystem fs) throws IOException {
       if (replication == -1) {
-        replication = (short) fs.getConf().getInt("dfs.replication", 3);
+        replication = fs.getDefaultReplication();
       }
       if (blockSize == -1) {
-        blockSize = fs.getConf().getInt("dfs.block.size", 67108864);
+        blockSize = fs.getDefaultBlockSize();
       }
       FsPermission fsPermission = getPermission(permission);
       int bufferSize = fs.getConf().getInt("httpfs.buffer.size", 4096);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 620b226d33..2b478692d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ Release 0.23.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-2574. Remove references to some deprecated properties in conf templates and defaults files. (Joe Crobak via harsh)
 
+    HDFS-2722. HttpFs should not be using an int for block size. (harsh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-2130. Switch default checksum to CRC32C. (todd)