diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index f51e265db9a..1b816ac0f26 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     HDFS-4291. edit log unit tests leave stray test_edit_log_file around
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via todd)
 
+    HDFS-4292. Sanity check not correct in RemoteBlockReader2.newBlockReader
+    (Binglin Chang via todd)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3077 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-3077. Quorum-based protocol for reading and writing edit logs.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader.java
index 7a95626afd2..2bcd96e7644 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader.java
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class RemoteBlockReader extends FSInputChecker implements BlockReader {
     long firstChunkOffset = checksumInfo.getChunkOffset();
     
     if ( firstChunkOffset < 0 || firstChunkOffset > startOffset ||
-        firstChunkOffset >= (startOffset + checksum.getBytesPerChecksum())) {
+        firstChunkOffset <= (startOffset - checksum.getBytesPerChecksum())) {
       throw new IOException("BlockReader: error in first chunk offset (" +
                             firstChunkOffset + ") startOffset is " + 
                             startOffset + " for file " + file);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader2.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader2.java
index c24a59b87dd..b9a5c76ec31 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader2.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/RemoteBlockReader2.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public class RemoteBlockReader2  implements BlockReader {
     long firstChunkOffset = checksumInfo.getChunkOffset();
 
     if ( firstChunkOffset < 0 || firstChunkOffset > startOffset ||
-        firstChunkOffset >= (startOffset + checksum.getBytesPerChecksum())) {
+        firstChunkOffset <= (startOffset - checksum.getBytesPerChecksum())) {
       throw new IOException("BlockReader: error in first chunk offset (" +
                             firstChunkOffset + ") startOffset is " +
                             startOffset + " for file " + file);