diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 043a9e8440..959fe510e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8309. Pseudo & Kerberos AuthenticationHandler should use 
     getType() to create token (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-8314. HttpServer#hasAdminAccess should return false if 
+    authorization is enabled but user is not authenticated. (tucu)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
index 979ec7656e..ad83016187 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
@@ -821,7 +821,10 @@ public static boolean hasAdministratorAccess(
 
     String remoteUser = request.getRemoteUser();
     if (remoteUser == null) {
-      return true;
+      response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                         "Unauthenticated users are not " +
+                         "authorized to access this page.");
+      return false;
     }
     AccessControlList adminsAcl = (AccessControlList) servletContext
         .getAttribute(ADMINS_ACL);
@@ -830,9 +833,7 @@ public static boolean hasAdministratorAccess(
     if (adminsAcl != null) {
       if (!adminsAcl.isUserAllowed(remoteUserUGI)) {
         response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED, "User "
-            + remoteUser + " is unauthorized to access this page. "
-            + "AccessControlList for accessing this page : "
-            + adminsAcl.toString());
+            + remoteUser + " is unauthorized to access this page.");
         return false;
       }
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
index bf2f3fecc6..f56231b64f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
 import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
 import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
@@ -53,10 +54,12 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.resource.JerseyResource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.Groups;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AccessControlList;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mortbay.util.ajax.JSON;
 
@@ -422,4 +425,46 @@ private static Map<String, Object> parse(String jsonString) {
     assertEquals("bar", m.get(JerseyResource.OP));
     LOG.info("END testJersey()");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHasAdministratorAccess() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setBoolean(CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHORIZATION, false);
+    ServletContext context = Mockito.mock(ServletContext.class);
+    Mockito.when(context.getAttribute(HttpServer.CONF_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE)).thenReturn(conf);
+    Mockito.when(context.getAttribute(HttpServer.ADMINS_ACL)).thenReturn(null);
+    HttpServletRequest request = Mockito.mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+    Mockito.when(request.getRemoteUser()).thenReturn(null);
+    HttpServletResponse response = Mockito.mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+
+    //authorization OFF
+    Assert.assertTrue(HttpServer.hasAdministratorAccess(context, request, response));
+
+    //authorization ON & user NULL
+    response = Mockito.mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+    conf.setBoolean(CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHORIZATION, true);
+    Assert.assertFalse(HttpServer.hasAdministratorAccess(context, request, response));
+    Mockito.verify(response).sendError(Mockito.eq(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    //authorization ON & user NOT NULL & ACLs NULL
+    response = Mockito.mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+    Mockito.when(request.getRemoteUser()).thenReturn("foo");
+    Assert.assertTrue(HttpServer.hasAdministratorAccess(context, request, response));
+
+    //authorization ON & user NOT NULL & ACLs NOT NULL & user not in ACLs
+    response = Mockito.mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+    AccessControlList acls = Mockito.mock(AccessControlList.class);
+    Mockito.when(acls.isUserAllowed(Mockito.<UserGroupInformation>any())).thenReturn(false);
+    Mockito.when(context.getAttribute(HttpServer.ADMINS_ACL)).thenReturn(acls);
+    Assert.assertFalse(HttpServer.hasAdministratorAccess(context, request, response));
+    Mockito.verify(response).sendError(Mockito.eq(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED), Mockito.anyString());
+
+    //authorization ON & user NOT NULL & ACLs NOT NULL & user in in ACLs
+    response = Mockito.mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+    Mockito.when(acls.isUserAllowed(Mockito.<UserGroupInformation>any())).thenReturn(true);
+    Mockito.when(context.getAttribute(HttpServer.ADMINS_ACL)).thenReturn(acls);
+    Assert.assertTrue(HttpServer.hasAdministratorAccess(context, request, response));
+
+  }
+
 }