diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 3ea6bbb88b..44959ef4ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5100. TestNamenodeRetryCache fails on Windows due to incorrect cleanup.
     (Chuan Liu via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-5103. TestDirectoryScanner fails on Windows. (Chuan Liu via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-22
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDirectoryScanner.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDirectoryScanner.java
index 579ffe82f1..c5decf2eaa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDirectoryScanner.java
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ public long getAvailable() throws IOException {
     
     @Override
     public String getBasePath() {
-      return "/base";
+      return (new File("/base")).getAbsolutePath();
     }
     
     @Override
     public String getPath(String bpid) throws IOException {
-      return "/base/current/" + bpid;
+      return (new File("/base/current/" + bpid)).getAbsolutePath();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ public File getFinalizedDir(String bpid) throws IOException {
       
   void testScanInfoObject(long blockId, File blockFile, File metaFile)
       throws Exception {
-    assertEquals("/base/current/" + BPID_1 + "/finalized",
-        TEST_VOLUME.getFinalizedDir(BPID_1).getAbsolutePath());
     DirectoryScanner.ScanInfo scanInfo =
         new DirectoryScanner.ScanInfo(blockId, blockFile, metaFile, TEST_VOLUME);
     assertEquals(blockId, scanInfo.getBlockId());