diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 6c348091c9..0f3768cb26 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10173. Remove UGI from DIGEST-MD5 SASL server creation (daryn via
     kihwal)
 
+    HADOOP-10228. FsPermission#fromShort() should cache FsAction.values().
+    (Haohui Mai via cnauroth)
+
   BUG FIXES
 
     HADOOP-9964. Fix deadlocks in TestHttpServer by synchronize
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/FsPermission.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/FsPermission.java
index 9a5d916689..76950305ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/FsPermission.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/FsPermission.java
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ private void set(FsAction u, FsAction g, FsAction o, boolean sb) {
   }
 
   public void fromShort(short n) {
-    FsAction[] v = FsAction.values();
-
+    FsAction[] v = FSACTION_VALUES;
     set(v[(n >>> 6) & 7], v[(n >>> 3) & 7], v[n & 7], (((n >>> 9) & 1) == 1) );
   }
 
@@ -210,6 +209,8 @@ public FsPermission applyUMask(FsPermission umask) {
   public static final int DEFAULT_UMASK = 
                   CommonConfigurationKeys.FS_PERMISSIONS_UMASK_DEFAULT;
 
+  private static final FsAction[] FSACTION_VALUES = FsAction.values();
+
   /** 
    * Get the user file creation mask (umask)
    *