diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a7b436419b..7a85de2ca6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-5073. TestListCorruptFileBlocks fails intermittently. (Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-1386. TestJMXGet fails in jdk7 (jeagles)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5239.  Allow FSNamesystem lock fairness to be configurable (daryn)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
index 4ed4244ac1..34d5db004f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ public class JournalNode implements Tool, Configurable, JournalNodeMXBean {
   private JournalNodeRpcServer rpcServer;
   private JournalNodeHttpServer httpServer;
   private Map<String, Journal> journalsById = Maps.newHashMap();
+  private ObjectName journalNodeInfoBeanName;
 
   private File localDir;
 
@@ -181,6 +184,11 @@ public void stop(int rc) {
     for (Journal j : journalsById.values()) {
       IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, j);
     }
+
+    if (journalNodeInfoBeanName != null) {
+      MBeans.unregister(journalNodeInfoBeanName);
+      journalNodeInfoBeanName = null;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -256,7 +264,7 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
    * Register JournalNodeMXBean
    */
   private void registerJNMXBean() {
-    MBeans.register("JournalNode", "JournalNodeInfo", this);
+    journalNodeInfoBeanName = MBeans.register("JournalNode", "JournalNodeInfo", this);
   }
   
   private class ErrorReporter implements StorageErrorReporter {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
index 7529b9f37b..8b258e8269 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.*;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil.terminate;
 
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ public static InetSocketAddress createSocketAddr(String target) {
   private boolean connectToDnViaHostname;
   ReadaheadPool readaheadPool;
   private final boolean getHdfsBlockLocationsEnabled;
+  private ObjectName dataNodeInfoBeanName;
 
   /**
    * Create the DataNode given a configuration and an array of dataDirs.
@@ -879,7 +882,7 @@ public static InetSocketAddress getInfoAddr(Configuration conf) {
   }
   
   private void registerMXBean() {
-    MBeans.register("DataNode", "DataNodeInfo", this);
+    dataNodeInfoBeanName = MBeans.register("DataNode", "DataNodeInfo", this);
   }
   
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -1236,6 +1239,10 @@ public void shutdown() {
     if (metrics != null) {
       metrics.shutdown();
     }
+    if (dataNodeInfoBeanName != null) {
+      MBeans.unregister(dataNodeInfoBeanName);
+      dataNodeInfoBeanName = null;
+    }
   }
   
   
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 73a831544e..472b41a006 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
@@ -5517,6 +5517,7 @@ public String getFSState() {
   }
   
   private ObjectName mbeanName;
+  private ObjectName mxbeanName;
 
   /**
    * Register the FSNamesystem MBean using the name
@@ -5540,6 +5541,11 @@ private void registerMBean() {
   void shutdown() {
     if (mbeanName != null) {
       MBeans.unregister(mbeanName);
+      mbeanName = null;
+    }
+    if (mxbeanName != null) {
+      MBeans.unregister(mxbeanName);
+      mxbeanName = null;
     }
     if (dir != null) {
       dir.shutdown();
@@ -6353,7 +6359,7 @@ void logFsckEvent(String src, InetAddress remoteAddress) throws IOException {
    * Register NameNodeMXBean
    */
   private void registerMXBean() {
-    MBeans.register("NameNode", "NameNodeInfo", this);
+    mxbeanName = MBeans.register("NameNode", "NameNodeInfo", this);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
index d3e63837da..99e31c7a4d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException;
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ public long getProtocolVersion(String protocol,
   private NameNodeRpcServer rpcServer;
 
   private JvmPauseMonitor pauseMonitor;
+  private ObjectName nameNodeStatusBeanName;
   
   /** Format a new filesystem.  Destroys any filesystem that may already
    * exist at this location.  **/
@@ -745,6 +749,10 @@ public void stop() {
       if (namesystem != null) {
         namesystem.shutdown();
       }
+      if (nameNodeStatusBeanName != null) {
+        MBeans.unregister(nameNodeStatusBeanName);
+        nameNodeStatusBeanName = null;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -1414,7 +1422,7 @@ synchronized HAServiceState getServiceState() {
    * Register NameNodeStatusMXBean
    */
   private void registerNNSMXBean() {
-    MBeans.register("NameNode", "NameNodeStatus", this);
+    nameNodeStatusBeanName = MBeans.register("NameNode", "NameNodeStatus", this);
   }
 
   @Override // NameNodeStatusMXBean
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestJMXGet.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestJMXGet.java
index 9e5e97f342..eb439f420e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestJMXGet.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestJMXGet.java
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
 import java.io.PipedInputStream;
 import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
@@ -92,9 +97,8 @@ public void testNameNode() throws Exception {
         fileSize, fileSize, blockSize, (short) 2, seed);
 
     JMXGet jmx = new JMXGet();
-    //jmx.setService("*"); // list all hadoop services
-    //jmx.init();
-    //jmx = new JMXGet();
+    String serviceName = "NameNode";
+    jmx.setService(serviceName);
     jmx.init(); // default lists namenode mbeans only
     assertTrue("error printAllValues", checkPrintAllValues(jmx));
 
@@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ public void testNameNode() throws Exception {
         jmx.getValue("NumOpenConnections")));
 
     cluster.shutdown();
+    MBeanServerConnection mbsc = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+    ObjectName query = new ObjectName("Hadoop:service=" + serviceName + ",*");
+    Set<ObjectName> names = mbsc.queryNames(query, null);
+    assertTrue("No beans should be registered for " + serviceName, names.isEmpty());
   }
   
   private static boolean checkPrintAllValues(JMXGet jmx) throws Exception {
@@ -140,13 +148,15 @@ public void testDataNode() throws Exception {
         fileSize, fileSize, blockSize, (short) 2, seed);
 
     JMXGet jmx = new JMXGet();
-    //jmx.setService("*"); // list all hadoop services
-    //jmx.init();
-    //jmx = new JMXGet();
-    jmx.setService("DataNode");
+    String serviceName = "DataNode";
+    jmx.setService(serviceName);
     jmx.init();
     assertEquals(fileSize, Integer.parseInt(jmx.getValue("BytesWritten")));
 
     cluster.shutdown();
+    MBeanServerConnection mbsc = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+    ObjectName query = new ObjectName("Hadoop:service=" + serviceName + ",*");
+    Set<ObjectName> names = mbsc.queryNames(query, null);
+    assertTrue("No beans should be registered for " + serviceName, names.isEmpty());
   }
 }