diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
index b93dcb7d5ad..3c4e3f6a4d3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
@@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ void fromXml(Stanza st) throws InvalidXmlException {
       this.newLength = Long.parseLong(st.getValue("NEWLENGTH"));
       this.timestamp = Long.parseLong(st.getValue("TIMESTAMP"));
       if (st.hasChildren("BLOCK"))
-        this.truncateBlock = FSEditLogOp.blockFromXml(st);
+        this.truncateBlock = FSEditLogOp.blockFromXml(st.getChildren("BLOCK").get(0));
     }
 
     @Override