diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/CompositeService.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/CompositeService.java
index a5e8c895c65..4aa2f23fad7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/CompositeService.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/service/CompositeService.java
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ protected boolean addIfService(Object object) {
     }
   }
 
-  protected synchronized boolean removeService(Service service) {
+  protected boolean removeService(Service service) {
+    LOG.debug("Removing service {}", service.getName());
     synchronized (serviceList) {
       return serviceList.remove(service);
     }