diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/server/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/server/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
index d7145b1824..38b51cbaa7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/server/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/server/KerberosAuthenticationHandler.java
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ public void init(Properties config) throws ServletException {
         throw new ServletException("Keytab does not exist: " + keytab);
       }
 
-      String nameRules = config.getProperty(NAME_RULES, "DEFAULT");
-      KerberosName.setRules(nameRules);
-
       Set<Principal> principals = new HashSet<Principal>();
       principals.add(new KerberosPrincipal(principal));
       Subject subject = new Subject(false, principals, new HashSet<Object>(), new HashSet<Object>());
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index f928c3328c..8887badd2d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HADOOP-7769. TestJMXJsonServlet is failing. (tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-7766. The auth to local mappings are not being respected, with webhdfs 
+    and security enabled. (jitendra)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES