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 298148317ed..a865a095c24 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
@@ -421,10 +421,9 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
         }
 
         // Create new state-log
-        long newFlushLogId = flushLogId + 1;
-        if (!rollWriter(newFlushLogId)) {
+        if (!rollWriter(flushLogId + 1)) {
           // someone else has already created this log
-          LOG.debug("Someone else has already created log {}. Retrying.", newFlushLogId);
+          LOG.debug("Someone else has already created log {}. Retrying.", flushLogId);
           continue;
         }
 
@@ -1043,9 +1042,8 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
     }
 
     // Create new state-log
-    long newFlushLogId = flushLogId + 1;
-    if (!rollWriter(newFlushLogId)) {
-      LOG.warn("someone else has already created log {}", newFlushLogId);
+    if (!rollWriter(flushLogId + 1)) {
+      LOG.warn("someone else has already created log {}", flushLogId);
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1102,8 +1100,7 @@ public class WALProcedureStore extends ProcedureStoreBase {
       startPos = newStream.getPos();
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       LOG.warn("Encountered exception writing header", ioe);
-      // Close and delete the incomplete file
-      closeAndDeleteIncompleteFile(newStream, newLogFile);
+      newStream.close();
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1168,29 +1165,6 @@ 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
   // ==========================================================================