diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 546fcef3e6..69d71c8362 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4513. Clarify in the WebHDFS REST API that all JSON respsonses may
     contain additional properties.  (szetszwo)
 
+    HDFS-5061. Make FSNameSystem#auditLoggers an unmodifiable list. 
+    (Arpit Agarwal via suresh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index ba62dad9ae..989f688a0f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ private List<AuditLogger> initAuditLoggers(Configuration conf) {
     if (auditLoggers.isEmpty()) {
       auditLoggers.add(new DefaultAuditLogger());
     }
-    return auditLoggers;
+    return Collections.unmodifiableList(auditLoggers);
   }
 
   void loadFSImage(StartupOption startOpt, FSImage fsImage, boolean haEnabled)