diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 99061c0e65..62141b497f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5649. Unregister NFS and Mount service when NFS gateway is shutting down.
     (brandonli)
 
+    HDFS-5789. Some of snapshot APIs missing checkOperation double check in fsn. (umamahesh)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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 c130fc785b..5b0e0ddbdc 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
@@ -6794,6 +6794,7 @@ public SnapshotManager getSnapshotManager() {
   
   /** Allow snapshot on a directroy. */
   void allowSnapshot(String path) throws SafeModeException, IOException {
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
     writeLock();
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
@@ -6819,6 +6820,7 @@ void allowSnapshot(String path) throws SafeModeException, IOException {
   
   /** Disallow snapshot on a directory. */
   void disallowSnapshot(String path) throws SafeModeException, IOException {
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
     writeLock();
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
@@ -6942,6 +6944,7 @@ void renameSnapshot(String path, String snapshotOldName,
   public SnapshottableDirectoryStatus[] getSnapshottableDirListing()
       throws IOException {
     SnapshottableDirectoryStatus[] status = null;
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     final FSPermissionChecker checker = getPermissionChecker();
     readLock();
     try {
@@ -6975,6 +6978,7 @@ public SnapshottableDirectoryStatus[] getSnapshottableDirListing()
   SnapshotDiffReport getSnapshotDiffReport(String path,
       String fromSnapshot, String toSnapshot) throws IOException {
     SnapshotDiffInfo diffs = null;
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     final FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
     readLock();
     try {