diff --git a/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/store/wal/WALProcedureStore.java b/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/store/wal/WALProcedureStore.java
index ae1088ace17..7e5a038cbab 100644
--- a/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/store/wal/WALProcedureStore.java
+++ b/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/store/wal/WALProcedureStore.java
@@ -421,9 +421,10 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
         }
 
         // Create new state-log
-        if (!rollWriter(flushLogId + 1)) {
+        long newFlushLogId = flushLogId + 1;
+        if (!rollWriter(newFlushLogId)) {
           // someone else has already created this log
-          LOG.debug("Someone else has already created log {}. Retrying.", flushLogId);
+          LOG.debug("Someone else has already created log {}. Retrying.", newFlushLogId);
           continue;
         }
 
@@ -1042,8 +1043,9 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
     }
 
     // Create new state-log
-    if (!rollWriter(flushLogId + 1)) {
-      LOG.warn("someone else has already created log {}", flushLogId);
+    long newFlushLogId = flushLogId + 1;
+    if (!rollWriter(newFlushLogId)) {
+      LOG.warn("someone else has already created log {}", newFlushLogId);
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1100,7 +1102,8 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
       startPos = newStream.getPos();
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       LOG.warn("Encountered exception writing header", ioe);
-      newStream.close();
+      // Close and delete the incomplete file
+      closeAndDeleteIncompleteFile(newStream, newLogFile);
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1165,6 +1168,29 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
     stream = null;
   }
 
+  private void closeAndDeleteIncompleteFile(FSDataOutputStream newStream, Path newLogFile) {
+    // Close the FS
+    try {
+      newStream.close();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error("Exception occured while closing the file {}", newLogFile, e);
+    }
+
+    // Delete the incomplete file
+    try {
+      if (!fs.delete(newLogFile, false)) {
+        LOG.warn(
+          "Failed to delete the log file {}, increasing the log id by 1 for the next roll attempt",
+          newLogFile);
+        flushLogId++;
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.warn("Exception occured while deleting the file {}", newLogFile, e);
+      flushLogId++;
+      LOG.info("Increased the log id to {}", flushLogId);
+    }
+  }
+
   // ==========================================================================
   //  Log Files cleaner helpers
   // ==========================================================================