diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index f542317acd..47a24080d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5948. TestBackupNode flakes with port in use error. (Haohui Mai
     via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-5949. New Namenode UI when trying to download a file, the browser
+    doesn't know the file name. (Haohui Mai via brandonli)
+
 Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
index 9d1ca66352..5d802104ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       $('#file-info-tail').hide();
       $('#file-info-title').text("File information - " + path);
 
-      var download_url = '/webhdfs/v1' + abs_path + '/?op=OPEN';
+      var download_url = '/webhdfs/v1' + abs_path + '?op=OPEN';
 
       $('#file-info-download').attr('href', download_url);
       $('#file-info-preview').click(function() {