diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 727bec7f18..59cab031c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8101. DFSClient use of non-constant DFSConfigKeys pulls in WebHDFS
     classes at runtime. (Sean Busbey via atm)
 
+    HDFS-8099. Change "DFSInputStream has been closed already" message to
+    debug log level (Charles Lamb via Colin P. McCabe)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index a9f274683c..41b9d5039b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ private synchronized DatanodeInfo blockSeekTo(long target) throws IOException {
   @Override
   public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
     if (!closed.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
-      DFSClient.LOG.warn("DFSInputStream has been closed already");
+      DFSClient.LOG.debug("DFSInputStream has been closed already");
       return;
     }
     dfsClient.checkOpen();