diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index be0558aead6..c01130e7e54 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-2964  Deadlock when RS tries to RPC to itself inside SplitTransaction
    HBASE-1485  Wrong or indeterminate behavior when there are duplicate
                versions of a column (pranav via jgray)
+   HBASE-2967  Failed split: IOE 'File is Corrupt!' -- sync length not being
+               written out to SequenceFile
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1760  Cleanup TODOs in HTable
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/SequenceFileLogWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/SequenceFileLogWriter.java
index 69e6a9c0eee..bb71bedcc37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/SequenceFileLogWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/SequenceFileLogWriter.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public class SequenceFileLogWriter implements HLog.Writer {
 
   @Override
   public void sync() throws IOException {
-    this.writer.sync();
     if (this.syncFs != null) {
       try {
        this.syncFs.invoke(this.writer, HLog.NO_ARGS);