diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockSender.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockSender.java
index e060cabd80b..767d36e92ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockSender.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BlockSender.java
@@ -622,10 +622,10 @@ private int sendPacket(ByteBuffer pkt, int maxChunks, OutputStream out,
         String ioem = e.getMessage();
         if (!ioem.startsWith("Broken pipe") && !ioem.startsWith("Connection reset")) {
           LOG.error("BlockSender.sendChunks() exception: ", e);
-        }
-        datanode.getBlockScanner().markSuspectBlock(
+          datanode.getBlockScanner().markSuspectBlock(
               volumeRef.getVolume().getStorageID(),
               block);
+        }
       }
       throw ioeToSocketException(e);
     }