diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcProgram.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcProgram.java
index d4b2261e05..bafb49716b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcProgram.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcProgram.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.RpcAcceptedReply.AcceptState;
-import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.security.Verifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.security.VerifierNone;
 import org.apache.hadoop.portmap.PortmapMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.portmap.PortmapRequest;
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ public boolean doPortMonitoring(SocketAddress remoteAddress) {
   private void sendAcceptedReply(RpcCall call, SocketAddress remoteAddress,
       AcceptState acceptState, ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
     RpcAcceptedReply reply = RpcAcceptedReply.getInstance(call.getXid(),
-        acceptState, Verifier.VERIFIER_NONE);
+        acceptState, VerifierNone.INSTANCE);
 
     XDR out = new XDR();
     reply.write(out);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/Verifier.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/Verifier.java
index 3c0e5fe36e..585e9fb5f4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/Verifier.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/Verifier.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
  */
 public abstract class Verifier extends RpcAuthInfo {
 
-  public static final Verifier VERIFIER_NONE = new VerifierNone();
-
   protected Verifier(AuthFlavor flavor) {
     super(flavor);
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/VerifierNone.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/VerifierNone.java
index 1f8ad7b371..005fe838a3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/VerifierNone.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/security/VerifierNone.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 /** Verifier used by AUTH_NONE. */
 public class VerifierNone extends Verifier {
 
+  public static final Verifier INSTANCE = new VerifierNone();
+
   public VerifierNone() {
     super(AuthFlavor.AUTH_NONE);
   }