diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 32bcc3daf2..d39defa7a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ Release 2.1.0-beta - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5303. Changed MR app after moving ProtoBase to package impl.pb via
     YARN-724. (Jian He via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5312. TestRMNMInfo is failing. (sandyr via tucu)
+
 Release 2.0.5-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestRMNMInfo.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestRMNMInfo.java
index 4ee485644d..4d16a6b326 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestRMNMInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/TestRMNMInfo.java
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ public void testRMNMInfo() throws Exception {
       Assert.assertTrue("Node " + n.get("NodeId") + " should be RUNNING",
               n.get("State").getValueAsText().contains("RUNNING"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("NodeHTTPAddress"));
-      Assert.assertTrue("Node " + n.get("NodeId") + " should be Healthy",
-              n.get("HealthStatus").getValueAsText().contains("Healthy"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("LastHealthUpdate"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("HealthReport"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("NumContainers"));
@@ -156,8 +154,6 @@ public void testRMNMInfoMissmatch() throws Exception {
       Assert.assertTrue("Node " + n.get("NodeId") + " should be RUNNING",
               n.get("State").getValueAsText().contains("RUNNING"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("NodeHTTPAddress"));
-      Assert.assertTrue("Node " + n.get("NodeId") + " should be Healthy",
-              n.get("HealthStatus").getValueAsText().contains("Healthy"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("LastHealthUpdate"));
       Assert.assertNotNull(n.get("HealthReport"));
       Assert.assertNull(n.get("NumContainers"));