diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 6d902f3c2f5..074e7790612 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9426. Rollingupgrade finalization is not backward compatible
     (Kihwal Lee via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-9294. DFSClient deadlock when close file and failed to renew lease.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via szetszwo)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSOutputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSOutputStream.java
index 3c8b2d39542..e8080eea61f 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSOutputStream.java
@@ -2174,13 +2174,15 @@ public class DFSOutputStream extends FSOutputSummer
    * Aborts this output stream and releases any system 
    * resources associated with this stream.
    */
-  synchronized void abort() throws IOException {
-    if (isClosed()) {
-      return;
+  void abort() throws IOException {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      if (isClosed()) {
+        return;
+      }
+      streamer.setLastException(new IOException("Lease timeout of "
+          + (dfsClient.getHdfsTimeout() / 1000) + " seconds expired."));
+      closeThreads(true);
     }
-    streamer.setLastException(new IOException("Lease timeout of "
-        + (dfsClient.getHdfsTimeout()/1000) + " seconds expired."));
-    closeThreads(true);
     dfsClient.endFileLease(fileId);
   }
 
@@ -2226,14 +2228,17 @@ public class DFSOutputStream extends FSOutputSummer
    * resources associated with this stream.
    */
   @Override
-  public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
-    TraceScope scope =
-        dfsClient.getPathTraceScope("DFSOutputStream#close", src);
-    try {
-      closeImpl();
-    } finally {
-      scope.close();
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      TraceScope scope = dfsClient.getPathTraceScope("DFSOutputStream#close",
+          src);
+      try {
+        closeImpl();
+      } finally {
+        scope.close();
+      }
     }
+    dfsClient.endFileLease(fileId);
   }
 
   private synchronized void closeImpl() throws IOException {
@@ -2268,7 +2273,6 @@ public class DFSOutputStream extends FSOutputSummer
       } finally {
         scope.close();
       }
-      dfsClient.endFileLease(fileId);
     } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
     } finally {
       setClosed();