diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
index fa330840f4c..37fb551c112 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
@@ -757,8 +757,10 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
     prog.endPhase(Phase.LOADING_FSIMAGE);
     
     if (!rollingRollback) {
+      prog.beginPhase(Phase.LOADING_EDITS);
       long txnsAdvanced = loadEdits(editStreams, target, Long.MAX_VALUE,
           startOpt, recovery);
+      prog.endPhase(Phase.LOADING_EDITS);
       needToSave |= needsResaveBasedOnStaleCheckpoint(imageFile.getFile(),
           txnsAdvanced);
     } else {
@@ -890,8 +892,6 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
       StartupOption startOpt, MetaRecoveryContext recovery)
       throws IOException {
     LOG.debug("About to load edits:\n  " + Joiner.on("\n  ").join(editStreams));
-    StartupProgress prog = NameNode.getStartupProgress();
-    prog.beginPhase(Phase.LOADING_EDITS);
     
     long prevLastAppliedTxId = lastAppliedTxId;
     long remainingReadTxns = maxTxnsToRead;
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
     } finally {
       FSEditLog.closeAllStreams(editStreams);
     }
-    prog.endPhase(Phase.LOADING_EDITS);
     return lastAppliedTxId - prevLastAppliedTxId;
   }