diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index b2b154349d..b10d314a91 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5518. Fixed typo "can't read paritions file". (Albert Chu
     via devaraj)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5561. org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.impl.TestJobImpl
+    testcase failing on trunk (Karthik Kambatla via jlowe)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestJobImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestJobImpl.java
index 714b753d13..7b0bc27627 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestJobImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestJobImpl.java
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ public class TestJobImpl {
           TaskEventType.T_ATTEMPT_FAILED));
       }
     }
-    assertJobState(job, JobStateInternal.FAIL_ABORT);
 
     dispatcher.await();
     //Verify abortJob is called once and the job failed