diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/GlobalStateIdContext.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/GlobalStateIdContext.java
index a8c7141f05b..0da8995cd4b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/GlobalStateIdContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/GlobalStateIdContext.java
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ class GlobalStateIdContext implements AlignmentContext {
 
   @Override
   public long getLastSeenStateId() {
-    return namesystem.getFSImage().getCorrectLastAppliedOrWrittenTxId();
+    // Should not need to call getCorrectLastAppliedOrWrittenTxId()
+    // see HDFS-14822.
+    return namesystem.getFSImage().getLastAppliedOrWrittenTxId();
   }
 
   @Override