diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
index e00f33e6ce5..f9867ad2e2f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java
@@ -938,8 +938,8 @@ public class HLogSplitter {
           iie.initCause(ie);
           throw iie;
         }
-        checkForErrors();
       }
+      checkForErrors();
       LOG.info("Split writers finished");
       return (!progress_failed);
     }