diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 71361695b4..ed5bd482b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     MAPREDUCE-4484. Incorrect IS_MINI_YARN_CLUSTER property name in YarnConfiguration. 
     (ahmed.radwan via tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4562. Support for "FileSystemCounter" legacy counter group name
+    for compatibility reasons is creating incorrect counter name.
+    (Jarek Jarcec Cecho via tomwhite)
+
 Release 2.1.0-alpha - Unreleased 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/AbstractCounters.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/AbstractCounters.java
index 17b433d095..320992d218 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/AbstractCounters.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/counters/AbstractCounters.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCounters<C extends Counter,
                   TaskCounter.class.getName());
     legacyMap.put("org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress$Counter",
                   JobCounter.class.getName());
-    legacyMap.put("FileSystemCounter", FileSystemCounter.class.getName());
+    legacyMap.put("FileSystemCounters", FileSystemCounter.class.getName());
   }
 
   private final Limits limits = new Limits();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
index da6c12dc8d..772fa9ba52 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class TestCounters {
     Counters counters = new Counters();
     counters.incrCounter(Task.Counter.MAP_INPUT_RECORDS, 1);
     counters.incrCounter(JobInProgress.Counter.DATA_LOCAL_MAPS, 1);
-    counters.findCounter("FileSystemCounter", "FILE_BYTES_READ").increment(1);
+    counters.findCounter("FileSystemCounters", "FILE_BYTES_READ").increment(1);
     
     checkLegacyNames(counters);
   }
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class TestCounters {
     assertEquals("New name and method", 1, counters.findCounter("file",
         FileSystemCounter.BYTES_READ).getValue());
     assertEquals("Legacy name", 1, counters.findCounter(
-        "FileSystemCounter",
+        "FileSystemCounters",
         "FILE_BYTES_READ").getValue());
   }
   
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public class TestCounters {
     HashSet<String> groups = new HashSet<String>(counters.getGroupNames());
     HashSet<String> expectedGroups = new HashSet<String>();
     expectedGroups.add("group1");
-    expectedGroups.add("FileSystemCounter"); //Legacy Name
+    expectedGroups.add("FileSystemCounters"); //Legacy Name
     expectedGroups.add("org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.FileSystemCounter");
 
     assertEquals(expectedGroups, groups);