diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
index f57d2d35fd..165d09578f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-1623.txt
@@ -89,3 +89,5 @@ HDFS-2291. Allow the StandbyNode to make checkpoints in an HA setup. (todd)
 HDFS-2709. Appropriately handle error conditions in EditLogTailer (atm via todd)
 
 HDFS-2730. Refactor shared HA-related test code into HATestUtil class (todd)
+
+HDFS-2762. Fix TestCheckpoint timing out on HA branch. (Uma Maheswara Rao G via todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
index 6b800a9637..da9724ef1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ private void createNameNodesAndSetConf(MiniDFSNNTopology nnTopology,
         
         nnCounterForFormat++;
         if (formatThisOne) {
-          NameNode.format(conf);
+          DFSTestUtil.formatNameNode(conf);
         }
         prevNNDirs = FSNamesystem.getNamespaceDirs(conf);
       }