diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d5f51ff2a7..9da92b2e4d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2547,6 +2547,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9458. TestBackupNode always binds to port 50070, which can cause bind
     failures. (Xiao Chen via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-7553. fix the TestDFSUpgradeWithHA due to BindException.
+    (Xiao Chen via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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 acb4069c5c..97c8b26362 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
@@ -1021,6 +1021,22 @@ public InetSocketAddress getHttpsAddress() {
     return httpServer.getHttpsAddress();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return NameNodeHttpServer, used by unit tests to ensure a full shutdown,
+   * so that no bind exception is thrown during restart.
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public void joinHttpServer() {
+    if (httpServer != null) {
+      try {
+        httpServer.join();
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        LOG.info("Caught InterruptedException joining NameNodeHttpServer", e);
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Verify that configured directories exist, then
    * Interactively confirm that formatting is desired 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
index 6bd9868971..8f112bd6a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeHttpServer.java
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ private Map<String, String> getAuthFilterParams(Configuration conf)
     return params;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Joins the httpserver.
+   */
+  public void join() throws InterruptedException {
+    if (httpServer != null) {
+      httpServer.join();
+    }
+  }
+
   void stop() throws Exception {
     if (httpServer != null) {
       httpServer.stop();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
index 3e25177b00..63561fe690 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/MiniDFSCluster.java
@@ -1908,12 +1908,7 @@ public void shutdown(boolean deleteDfsDir, boolean closeFileSystem) {
     shutdownDataNodes();
     for (NameNodeInfo nnInfo : namenodes.values()) {
       if (nnInfo == null) continue;
-      NameNode nameNode = nnInfo.nameNode;
-      if (nameNode != null) {
-        nameNode.stop();
-        nameNode.join();
-        nameNode = null;
-      }
+      stopAndJoinNameNode(nnInfo.nameNode);
     }
     ShutdownHookManager.get().clearShutdownHooks();
     if (base_dir != null) {
@@ -1953,17 +1948,25 @@ public synchronized void shutdownNameNodes() {
    */
   public synchronized void shutdownNameNode(int nnIndex) {
     NameNodeInfo info = getNN(nnIndex);
-    NameNode nn = info.nameNode;
-    if (nn != null) {
-      LOG.info("Shutting down the namenode");
-      nn.stop();
-      nn.join();
-      info.nnId = null;
-      info.nameNode = null;
-      info.nameserviceId = null;
-    }
+    stopAndJoinNameNode(info.nameNode);
+    info.nnId = null;
+    info.nameNode = null;
+    info.nameserviceId = null;
   }
-  
+
+  /**
+   * Fully stop the NameNode by stop and join.
+   */
+  private void stopAndJoinNameNode(NameNode nn) {
+    if (nn == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    LOG.info("Shutting down the namenode");
+    nn.stop();
+    nn.join();
+    nn.joinHttpServer();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Restart all namenodes.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStartup.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStartup.java
index 20dda37268..860a2c9ae0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStartup.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStartup.java
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ public void testCompression() throws IOException {
     nnRpc.saveNamespace(0, 0);
     namenode.stop();
     namenode.join();
+    namenode.joinHttpServer();
 
     // compress image using default codec
     LOG.info("Read an uncomressed image and store it compressed using default codec.");
@@ -474,6 +475,7 @@ private void checkNameSpace(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     nnRpc.saveNamespace(0, 0);
     namenode.stop();
     namenode.join();
+    namenode.joinHttpServer();
   }
   
   @Test