diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 5dc225cd748..b4054cc4082 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ Release 0.92.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-4935  hbase 0.92.0 doesn't work going against 0.20.205.0, its packaged hadoop
    HBASE-5078  DistributedLogSplitter failing to split file because it has edits for
                lots of regions
+   HBASE-5077  SplitLogWorker fails to let go of a task, kills the RS
 
   TESTS
    HBASE-4450  test for number of blocks read: to serve as baseline for expected
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
index a2c5c17334d..7eb9db3746d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ public class HLogSplitter {
       }
       String msg = "Processed " + editsCount + " edits across " + n + " regions" +
         " threw away edits for " + (logWriters.size() - n) + " regions" +
-        "; log file=" + logPath +
-        ", corrupted=" + isCorrupted;
+        "; log file=" + logPath + " is corrupted = " + isCorrupted +
+        " progress failed = " + progress_failed);
       LOG.info(msg);
       status.markComplete(msg);
     }
-    return true;
+    return !progress_failed;
   }
 
   /**