diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
index cbfe5b8d48d..6cd892c7ab4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class IPCLoggerChannel implements AsyncLogger {
         
     try {
       String path = GetJournalEditServlet.buildPath(
-          journalId, segmentTxId, nsInfo);
+          journalId, segmentTxId, nsInfo, true);
       return new URL(httpServerURL, path);
     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
       // should never get here.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/GetJournalEditServlet.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/GetJournalEditServlet.java
index 2335ea55d2f..e96fd4da601 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/GetJournalEditServlet.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/GetJournalEditServlet.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class GetJournalEditServlet extends HttpServlet {
   static final String STORAGEINFO_PARAM = "storageInfo";
   static final String JOURNAL_ID_PARAM = "jid";
   static final String SEGMENT_TXID_PARAM = "segmentTxId";
+  static final String IN_PROGRESS_OK = "inProgressOk";
 
   protected boolean isValidRequestor(HttpServletRequest request, Configuration conf)
       throws IOException {
@@ -186,6 +187,14 @@ public class GetJournalEditServlet extends HttpServlet {
       final Configuration conf = (Configuration) getServletContext()
           .getAttribute(JspHelper.CURRENT_CONF);
       final String journalId = request.getParameter(JOURNAL_ID_PARAM);
+      final String inProgressOkStr = request.getParameter(IN_PROGRESS_OK);
+      final boolean inProgressOk;
+      if (inProgressOkStr != null &&
+          inProgressOkStr.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
+        inProgressOk = false;
+      } else {
+        inProgressOk = true;
+      }
       QuorumJournalManager.checkJournalId(journalId);
       final JNStorage storage = JournalNodeHttpServer
           .getJournalFromContext(context, journalId).getStorage();
@@ -210,8 +219,7 @@ public class GetJournalEditServlet extends HttpServlet {
         // Synchronize on the FJM so that the file doesn't get finalized
         // out from underneath us while we're in the process of opening
         // it up.
-        EditLogFile elf = fjm.getLogFile(
-            segmentTxId);
+        EditLogFile elf = fjm.getLogFile(segmentTxId, inProgressOk);
         if (elf == null) {
           response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND,
               "No edit log found starting at txid " + segmentTxId);
@@ -239,7 +247,7 @@ public class GetJournalEditServlet extends HttpServlet {
   }
 
   public static String buildPath(String journalId, long segmentTxId,
-      NamespaceInfo nsInfo) {
+      NamespaceInfo nsInfo, boolean inProgressOk) {
     StringBuilder path = new StringBuilder("/getJournal?");
     try {
       path.append(JOURNAL_ID_PARAM).append("=")
@@ -248,6 +256,8 @@ public class GetJournalEditServlet extends HttpServlet {
           .append(segmentTxId);
       path.append("&" + STORAGEINFO_PARAM).append("=")
           .append(URLEncoder.encode(nsInfo.toColonSeparatedString(), "UTF-8"));
+      path.append("&" + IN_PROGRESS_OK).append("=")
+          .append(inProgressOk);
     } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
       // Never get here -- everyone supports UTF-8
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
index 788c5dee51d..73defc219da 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public class JournalNodeSyncer {
           }
 
           String urlPath = GetJournalEditServlet.buildPath(jid, missingLog
-              .getStartTxId(), nsInfo);
+              .getStartTxId(), nsInfo, false);
           url = new URL(remoteJNproxy.httpServerUrl, urlPath);
           success = downloadMissingLogSegment(url, missingLog);
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FileJournalManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FileJournalManager.java
index 5d628255a68..c71c09ad4d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FileJournalManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FileJournalManager.java
@@ -451,16 +451,28 @@ public class FileJournalManager implements JournalManager {
   }
   
   public EditLogFile getLogFile(long startTxId) throws IOException {
-    return getLogFile(sd.getCurrentDir(), startTxId);
+    return getLogFile(sd.getCurrentDir(), startTxId, true);
   }
-  
+
+  public EditLogFile getLogFile(long startTxId, boolean inProgressOk)
+      throws IOException {
+    return getLogFile(sd.getCurrentDir(), startTxId, inProgressOk);
+  }
+
   public static EditLogFile getLogFile(File dir, long startTxId)
       throws IOException {
+    return getLogFile(dir, startTxId, true);
+  }
+
+  public static EditLogFile getLogFile(File dir, long startTxId,
+      boolean inProgressOk) throws IOException {
     List<EditLogFile> files = matchEditLogs(dir);
     List<EditLogFile> ret = Lists.newLinkedList();
     for (EditLogFile elf : files) {
       if (elf.getFirstTxId() == startTxId) {
-        ret.add(elf);
+        if (inProgressOk || !elf.isInProgress()) {
+          ret.add(elf);
+        }
       }
     }