diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/EditLogTailer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/EditLogTailer.java
index 5b90ce385e3..4eeb7a1dc85 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/EditLogTailer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/EditLogTailer.java
@@ -435,9 +435,11 @@ private void doWork() {
           // There's no point in triggering a log roll if the Standby hasn't
           // read any more transactions since the last time a roll was
           // triggered.
+          boolean triggeredLogRoll = false;
           if (tooLongSinceLastLoad() &&
               lastRollTriggerTxId < lastLoadedTxnId) {
             triggerActiveLogRoll();
+            triggeredLogRoll = true;
           }
           /**
            * Check again in case someone calls {@link EditLogTailer#stop} while
@@ -458,7 +460,9 @@ private void doWork() {
             namesystem.cpUnlock();
           }
           //Update NameDirSize Metric
-          namesystem.getFSImage().getStorage().updateNameDirSize();
+          if (triggeredLogRoll) {
+            namesystem.getFSImage().getStorage().updateNameDirSize();
+          }
         } catch (EditLogInputException elie) {
           LOG.warn("Error while reading edits from disk. Will try again.", elie);
         } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameNodeMXBean.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameNodeMXBean.java
index b93cc642b17..724ec765064 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameNodeMXBean.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestNameNodeMXBean.java
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ public void testQueueLength() throws Exception {
   public void testNNDirectorySize() throws Exception{
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_TAILEDITS_PERIOD_KEY, 1);
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_LOGROLL_PERIOD_KEY, 0);
     MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       try{
@@ -677,8 +678,6 @@ public void testNNDirectorySize() throws Exception{
 
       FSNamesystem nn0 = cluster.getNamesystem(0);
       FSNamesystem nn1 = cluster.getNamesystem(1);
-      checkNNDirSize(cluster.getNameDirs(0), nn0.getNameDirSize());
-      checkNNDirSize(cluster.getNameDirs(1), nn1.getNameDirSize());
       cluster.transitionToActive(0);
       fs = cluster.getFileSystem(0);
       DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, new Path("/file"), 0, (short) 1, 0L);