diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
index 3fa9b3ad51..3f02247293 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ public Type getType() {
    */
   public DatanodeDescriptor(DatanodeID nodeID) {
     super(nodeID);
-    updateHeartbeatState(StorageReport.EMPTY_ARRAY, 0L, 0L, 0, 0, null);
+    setLastUpdate(Time.now());
+    setLastUpdateMonotonic(Time.monotonicNow());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ public DatanodeDescriptor(DatanodeID nodeID) {
   public DatanodeDescriptor(DatanodeID nodeID, 
                             String networkLocation) {
     super(nodeID, networkLocation);
-    updateHeartbeatState(StorageReport.EMPTY_ARRAY, 0L, 0L, 0, 0, null);
+    setLastUpdate(Time.now());
+    setLastUpdateMonotonic(Time.monotonicNow());
   }
 
   public CachedBlocksList getPendingCached() {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeDescriptor.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeDescriptor.java
index 9580bae3ba..eefc1d5034 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeDescriptor.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestDatanodeDescriptor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -63,16 +64,16 @@ public void testBlocksCounter() throws Exception {
     DatanodeStorageInfo[] storages = dd.getStorageInfos();
     assertTrue(storages.length > 0);
     // add first block
-    assertTrue(storages[0].addBlock(blk) == AddBlockResult.ADDED);
+    assertEquals(AddBlockResult.ADDED, storages[0].addBlock(blk));
     assertEquals(1, dd.numBlocks());
     // remove a non-existent block
     assertFalse(BlocksMap.removeBlock(dd, blk1));
     assertEquals(1, dd.numBlocks());
     // add an existent block
-    assertFalse(storages[0].addBlock(blk) == AddBlockResult.ADDED);
+    assertNotEquals(AddBlockResult.ADDED, storages[0].addBlock(blk));
     assertEquals(1, dd.numBlocks());
     // add second block
-    assertTrue(storages[0].addBlock(blk1) == AddBlockResult.ADDED);
+    assertEquals(AddBlockResult.ADDED, storages[0].addBlock(blk1));
     assertEquals(2, dd.numBlocks());
     // remove first block
     assertTrue(BlocksMap.removeBlock(dd, blk));