diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 261f881265..bb7242f29c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1526,6 +1526,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3056. Changed the default staging directory to not include
     user.name to prevent issues with non-secure mode. (Devaraj K via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-2913. Fixed TestMRJobs.testFailingMapper to assert the correct
+    TaskCompletionEventStatus. (Jonathan Eagles via vinodkv)
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestMRJobs.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestMRJobs.java
index aa832aa1cc..437ae13571 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestMRJobs.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestMRJobs.java
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ public void testFailingMapper() throws IOException, InterruptedException,
     
     TaskCompletionEvent[] events = job.getTaskCompletionEvents(0, 2);
     Assert.assertEquals(TaskCompletionEvent.Status.FAILED, 
-        events[0].getStatus().FAILED);
-    Assert.assertEquals(TaskCompletionEvent.Status.FAILED, 
-        events[1].getStatus().FAILED);
+        events[0].getStatus());
+    Assert.assertEquals(TaskCompletionEvent.Status.TIPFAILED, 
+        events[1].getStatus());
     Assert.assertEquals(JobStatus.State.FAILED, job.getJobState());
     verifyFailingMapperCounters(job);