diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 8ae1682ac3..62f73fcdf7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4596. Shutting down namenode during checkpointing can lead to md5sum
     error. (Andrew Wang via atm)
 
+    HDFS-4614. FSNamesystem#getContentSummary should use getPermissionChecker
+    helper method. (atm)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
   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 c9a62518b4..aa077fe5a2 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
@@ -3054,8 +3054,7 @@ private boolean mkdirsInternal(FSPermissionChecker pc, String src,
 
   ContentSummary getContentSummary(String src) throws AccessControlException,
       FileNotFoundException, UnresolvedLinkException, StandbyException {
-    FSPermissionChecker pc = new FSPermissionChecker(fsOwnerShortUserName,
-        supergroup);
+    FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     readLock();
     try {