diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c5d02e3737..d9987d1cf2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HDFS-2411. The the auth to local mappings are not being respected, with 
     webhdfs enabled. (jitendra)
 
+    HDFS-2494. Close the streams and DFSClient in DatanodeWebHdfsMethods.
+    (Uma Maheswara Rao G via szetszwo)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/resources/DatanodeWebHdfsMethods.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/resources/DatanodeWebHdfsMethods.java
index f25047ca00..213e857a1c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/resources/DatanodeWebHdfsMethods.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/resources/DatanodeWebHdfsMethods.java
@@ -152,17 +152,23 @@ public Response run() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
     {
       final Configuration conf = new Configuration(datanode.getConf());
       final InetSocketAddress nnRpcAddr = NameNode.getAddress(conf);
-      final DFSClient dfsclient = new DFSClient(nnRpcAddr, conf);
       final int b = bufferSize.getValue(conf);
-      final FSDataOutputStream out = new FSDataOutputStream(dfsclient.create(
-          fullpath, permission.getFsPermission(), 
-          overwrite.getValue() ? EnumSet.of(CreateFlag.CREATE, CreateFlag.OVERWRITE)
-              : EnumSet.of(CreateFlag.CREATE),
-          replication.getValue(conf), blockSize.getValue(conf), null, b), null);
+      DFSClient dfsclient = new DFSClient(nnRpcAddr, conf);
+      FSDataOutputStream out = null;
       try {
+        out = new FSDataOutputStream(dfsclient.create(
+            fullpath, permission.getFsPermission(), 
+            overwrite.getValue() ? EnumSet.of(CreateFlag.CREATE, CreateFlag.OVERWRITE)
+                : EnumSet.of(CreateFlag.CREATE),
+            replication.getValue(conf), blockSize.getValue(conf), null, b), null);
         IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, b);
-      } finally {
         out.close();
+        out = null;
+        dfsclient.close();
+        dfsclient = null;
+      } finally {
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, out);
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, dfsclient);
       }
       final InetSocketAddress nnHttpAddr = NameNode.getHttpAddress(conf);
       final URI uri = new URI(WebHdfsFileSystem.SCHEME, null,
@@ -227,13 +233,19 @@ public Response run() throws IOException {
     {
       final Configuration conf = new Configuration(datanode.getConf());
       final InetSocketAddress nnRpcAddr = NameNode.getAddress(conf);
-      final DFSClient dfsclient = new DFSClient(nnRpcAddr, conf);
       final int b = bufferSize.getValue(conf);
-      final FSDataOutputStream out = dfsclient.append(fullpath, b, null, null);
+      DFSClient dfsclient = new DFSClient(nnRpcAddr, conf);
+      FSDataOutputStream out = null;
       try {
+        out = dfsclient.append(fullpath, b, null, null);
         IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, b);
-      } finally {
         out.close();
+        out = null;
+        dfsclient.close();
+        dfsclient = null;
+      } finally {
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, out);
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, dfsclient);
       }
       return Response.ok().type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build();
     }
@@ -301,18 +313,36 @@ public Response run() throws IOException {
     case OPEN:
     {
       final int b = bufferSize.getValue(conf);
-      final DFSDataInputStream in = new DFSClient.DFSDataInputStream(
-          dfsclient.open(fullpath, b, true));
-      in.seek(offset.getValue());
-
+      DFSDataInputStream in = null;
+      try {
+        in = new DFSClient.DFSDataInputStream(
+            dfsclient.open(fullpath, b, true));
+        in.seek(offset.getValue());
+      } catch(IOException ioe) {
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, in);
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, dfsclient);
+        throw ioe;
+      }
+      final DFSDataInputStream dis = in;
       final StreamingOutput streaming = new StreamingOutput() {
         @Override
         public void write(final OutputStream out) throws IOException {
           final Long n = length.getValue();
-          if (n == null) {
-            IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, b);
-          } else {
-            IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, n, false);
+          DFSDataInputStream dfsin = dis;
+          DFSClient client = dfsclient;
+          try {
+            if (n == null) {
+              IOUtils.copyBytes(dfsin, out, b);
+            } else {
+              IOUtils.copyBytes(dfsin, out, n, false);
+            }
+            dfsin.close();
+            dfsin = null;
+            dfsclient.close();
+            client = null;
+          } finally {
+            IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, dfsin);
+            IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, client);
           }
         }
       };
@@ -324,7 +354,15 @@ public void write(final OutputStream out) throws IOException {
     }
     case GETFILECHECKSUM:
     {
-      final MD5MD5CRC32FileChecksum checksum = dfsclient.getFileChecksum(fullpath);
+      MD5MD5CRC32FileChecksum checksum = null;
+      DFSClient client = dfsclient;
+      try {
+        checksum = client.getFileChecksum(fullpath);
+        client.close();
+        client = null;
+      } finally {
+        IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, client);
+      }
       final String js = JsonUtil.toJsonString(checksum);
       return Response.ok(js).type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build();
     }