diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index c4aa37782531b..5938cd466846d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -4107,6 +4107,7 @@ void commitBlockSynchronization(ExtendedBlock oldBlock,
         boolean remove = iFile.removeLastBlock(blockToDel) != null;
         if (remove) {
           blockManager.removeBlock(storedBlock);
+          FSDirWriteFileOp.persistBlocks(dir, src, iFile, false);
         }
       } else {
         // update last block