diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index 53d8f19de67c1..4761945c6080d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
               <execution>
                 <phase>package</phase>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
               </execution>
             </executions>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index 8580547eb036d..de7112270883a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
-              <goal>javadoc</goal>
+              <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
             </goals>
             <phase>site</phase>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 233a5735ec762..0d76285cded61 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 9b3c86e573bc0..8422600129996 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <executions>
              <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 55b7b9ad80f8a..c8d9ddd9d007d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                  <goal>javadoc-no-fork</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
               </execution>