diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 577f5ee020..29b09b97bc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -933,6 +933,9 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
     (Dmytro Molkov via hairong)
 
   BUG FIXES
+
+    HADOOP-6760. WebServer shouldn't increase port number in case of negative
+    port setting caused by Jetty's race (cos)
     
     HADOOP-5379. CBZip2InputStream to throw IOException on data crc error.
     (Rodrigo Schmidt via zshao)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
index de7c860bf0..dbd0e80a7d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
@@ -495,32 +495,6 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
           } //Workaround end
           LOG.info("Jetty bound to port " + port);
           webServer.start();
-          // Workaround for HADOOP-6386
-          port = listener.getLocalPort();
-          if (port < 0) {
-            LOG.warn("Bounds port is " + port + " after webserver start");
-            for (int i = 0; i < MAX_RETRIES/2; i++) {
-              try {
-                webServer.stop();
-              } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.warn("Can't stop  web-server", e);
-              }
-              Thread.sleep(1000);
-              
-              listener.setPort(oriPort == 0 ? 0 : (oriPort += 1));
-              listener.open();
-              Thread.sleep(100);
-              webServer.start();
-              LOG.info(i + "attempts to restart webserver");
-              port = listener.getLocalPort();
-              if (port > 0)
-                break;
-            }
-            if (port < 0)
-              throw new Exception("listener.getLocalPort() is returning " +
-                		"less than 0 even after " +MAX_RETRIES+" resets");
-          }
-          // End of HADOOP-6386 workaround
           break;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
           // if this is a bind exception,