diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 5fbbb9d1a6..69b1a8be63 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6234. TestDatanodeConfig#testMemlockLimit fails on Windows due to
     invalid file path. (cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-6235. TestFileJournalManager can fail on Windows due to file locking if
+    tests run out of order. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.4.0 - 2014-04-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileJournalManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileJournalManager.java
index a5dbc47ffa..c7fe67f016 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileJournalManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileJournalManager.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public void testNormalOperation() throws IOException {
    */
   @Test
   public void testInprogressRecovery() throws IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest0");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/inprogressrecovery");
     // abort after the 5th roll 
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()),
                                    5, new AbortSpec(5, 0));
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public void testFinalizeErrorReportedToNNStorage() throws IOException, Interrupt
    */
   @Test 
   public void testReadFromStream() throws IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest1");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/readfromstream");
     // abort after 10th roll
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()),
                                    10, new AbortSpec(10, 0));
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public void testReadFromStream() throws IOException {
    */
   @Test
   public void testAskForTransactionsMidfile() throws IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest2");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/askfortransactionsmidfile");
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()), 
                                    10);
     StorageDirectory sd = storage.dirIterator(NameNodeDirType.EDITS).next();
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public void testAskForTransactionsMidfile() throws IOException {
    */
   @Test
   public void testManyLogsWithGaps() throws IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest3");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/manylogswithgaps");
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()), 10);
     StorageDirectory sd = storage.dirIterator(NameNodeDirType.EDITS).next();
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
    */
   @Test
   public void testManyLogsWithCorruptInprogress() throws IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest5");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/manylogswithcorruptinprogress");
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()), 10, new AbortSpec(10, 0));
     StorageDirectory sd = storage.dirIterator(NameNodeDirType.EDITS).next();
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ private static EditLogInputStream getJournalInputStream(JournalManager jm,
   @Test
   public void testReadFromMiddleOfEditLog() throws CorruptionException,
       IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest2");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/readfrommiddleofeditlog");
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()), 
                                    10);
     StorageDirectory sd = storage.dirIterator(NameNodeDirType.EDITS).next();
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public void testReadFromMiddleOfEditLog() throws CorruptionException,
   @Test
   public void testExcludeInProgressStreams() throws CorruptionException,
       IOException {
-    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/filejournaltest2");
+    File f = new File(TestEditLog.TEST_DIR + "/excludeinprogressstreams");
     
     // Don't close the edit log once the files have been set up.
     NNStorage storage = setupEdits(Collections.<URI>singletonList(f.toURI()),