diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
index 8b90f533f8266..36c3fe56ed0f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ public Path getWorkingDirectory() {
   }
   
   @Override
-  public void setWorkingDirectory(final Path new_dir) {
-    workingDir = new_dir.isAbsolute() ? new_dir : new Path(workingDir, new_dir);
+  public void setWorkingDirectory(final Path newDir) {
+    workingDir = newDir.isAbsolute() ? newDir : new Path(workingDir, newDir);
   }
 
   @Override