diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index f8282baf02f..b307b8a0f05 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6006. Remove duplicate code in FSNameSystem#getFileInfo.
     (Akira Ajisaka via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-6018. Exception recorded in LOG when IPCLoggerChannel#close is called.
+    (jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5790. LeaseManager.findPath is very slow when many leases need recovery
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 2f1bff12750..07b018ac0d9 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
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ public class IPCLoggerChannel implements AsyncLogger {
   
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    QuorumJournalManager.LOG.info("Closing", new Exception());
     // No more tasks may be submitted after this point.
     executor.shutdown();
     if (proxy != null) {