diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/WALUtil.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/WALUtil.java
index 1b17adc90ca..09920896cfa 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/WALUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/WALUtil.java
@@ -176,7 +176,20 @@ public class WALUtil {
    */
   public static long getWALBlockSize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path dir)
       throws IOException {
-    return conf.getLong("hbase.regionserver.hlog.blocksize",
-        CommonFSUtils.getDefaultBlockSize(fs, dir) * 2);
+    return getWALBlockSize(conf, fs, dir, false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Public because of FSHLog. Should be package-private
+   * @param isRecoverEdits the created writer is for recovered edits or WAL. For recovered edits, it
+   *          is true and for WAL it is false.
+   */
+  public static long getWALBlockSize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path dir,
+      boolean isRecoverEdits) throws IOException {
+    long defaultBlockSize = CommonFSUtils.getDefaultBlockSize(fs, dir) * 2;
+    if (isRecoverEdits) {
+      return conf.getLong("hbase.regionserver.recoverededits.blocksize", defaultBlockSize);
+    }
+    return conf.getLong("hbase.regionserver.hlog.blocksize", defaultBlockSize);
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/FSHLogProvider.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/FSHLogProvider.java
index 44f692d620f..7cd39ea788e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/FSHLogProvider.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/FSHLogProvider.java
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ public class FSHLogProvider extends AbstractFSWALProvider<FSHLog> {
 
   /**
    * Public because of FSHLog. Should be package-private
+   * @param overwritable if the created writer can overwrite. For recovered edits, it is true and
+   *          for WAL it is false. Thus we can distinguish WAL and recovered edits by this.
    */
   public static Writer createWriter(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs, final Path path,
       final boolean overwritable) throws IOException {
-    return createWriter(conf, fs, path, overwritable, WALUtil.getWALBlockSize(conf, fs, path));
+    return createWriter(conf, fs, path, overwritable,
+      WALUtil.getWALBlockSize(conf, fs, path, overwritable));
   }
 
   /**