diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7a0609c665..d75b23d1e8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7282. ipc.Server.getRemoteIp() may return null.  (John George
     via szetszwo)
 
+    HADOOP-7208. Fix implementation of equals() and hashCode() in
+    StandardSocketFactory. (Uma Maheswara Rao G via todd)
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/StandardSocketFactory.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/StandardSocketFactory.java
index 359b8963c8..f4942cef26 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/StandardSocketFactory.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/StandardSocketFactory.java
@@ -112,16 +112,13 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
       return true;
     if (obj == null)
       return false;
-    if (!(obj instanceof StandardSocketFactory))
-      return false;
-    return true;
+    return obj.getClass().equals(this.getClass());
   }
 
   /* @inheritDoc */
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    // Dummy hash code (to make find bugs happy)
-    return 47;
-  } 
-  
+    return this.getClass().hashCode();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3298f1e605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ipc;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.net.SocketFactory;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestSocketFactory {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSocketFactoryAsKeyInMap() throws Exception {
+    Map<SocketFactory, Integer> dummyCache = new HashMap<SocketFactory, Integer>();
+    int toBeCached1 = 1;
+    int toBeCached2 = 2;
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.set("hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default",
+        "org.apache.hadoop.ipc.TestSocketFactory$DummySocketFactory");
+    final SocketFactory dummySocketFactory = NetUtils
+        .getDefaultSocketFactory(conf);
+    dummyCache.put(dummySocketFactory, toBeCached1);
+
+    conf.set("hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default",
+        "org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory");
+    final SocketFactory defaultSocketFactory = NetUtils
+        .getDefaultSocketFactory(conf);
+    dummyCache.put(defaultSocketFactory, toBeCached2);
+
+    Assert
+        .assertEquals("The cache contains two elements", 2, dummyCache.size());
+    Assert.assertEquals("Equals of both socket factory shouldn't be same",
+        defaultSocketFactory.equals(dummySocketFactory), false);
+
+    assertSame(toBeCached2, dummyCache.remove(defaultSocketFactory));
+    dummyCache.put(defaultSocketFactory, toBeCached2);
+    assertSame(toBeCached1, dummyCache.remove(dummySocketFactory));
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A dummy socket factory class that extends the StandardSocketFactory. 
+   */
+  static class DummySocketFactory extends StandardSocketFactory {
+    
+  }
+}