diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index dfc42e0ba55..d170aed242b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4540. Namenode http server should use the web authentication 
     keytab for spnego principal. (Arpit Gupta via suresh)
 
+    HDFS-4544. Error in deleting blocks should not do check disk, for
+    all types of errors. (Arpit Agarwal via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.3-alpha - 2013-02-06
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
index 6738241c046..69fcdd971be 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class BPOfferService {
         // using global fsdataset
         dn.getFSDataset().invalidate(bcmd.getBlockPoolId(), toDelete);
       } catch(IOException e) {
-        dn.checkDiskError();
+        // Exceptions caught here are not expected to be disk-related.
         throw e;
       }
       dn.metrics.incrBlocksRemoved(toDelete.length);