diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/SyncableDataOutputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/SyncableDataOutputStream.java
index 9bec7a5c2ce..58ac326ede6 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/SyncableDataOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/SyncableDataOutputStream.java
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public SyncableDataOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
     super(out);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated
+  public void sync() throws IOException {
+    hflush();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void hflush() throws IOException {
     if (out instanceof Syncable) {