diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 926b0e6fe61..2c810620558 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     HDFS-4140. fuse-dfs handles open(O_TRUNC) poorly. (Colin Patrick McCabe
     via atm)
 
+    HDFS-4308. addBlock() should persist file blocks once.
+    (Plamen Jeliazkov via shv)
+
   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/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
index 5f0ab334569..bc384f3e77d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirectory.java
@@ -394,19 +394,16 @@ public class FSDirectory implements Closeable {
   /**
    * Remove a block from the file.
    */
-  boolean removeBlock(String path, INodeFileUnderConstruction fileNode, 
+  void removeBlock(String path, INodeFileUnderConstruction fileNode,
                       Block block) throws IOException {
     waitForReady();
 
     writeLock();
     try {
       unprotectedRemoveBlock(path, fileNode, block);
-      // write modified block locations to log
-      fsImage.getEditLog().logOpenFile(path, fileNode);
     } finally {
       writeUnlock();
     }
-    return true;
   }
   
   void unprotectedRemoveBlock(String path, INodeFileUnderConstruction fileNode,