diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e6b5f0912d0..a5d432a17aa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1245  hfile meta block handling bugs (Ryan Rawson via Stack)
    HBASE-1238  Under upload, region servers are unable
                to compact when loaded with hundreds of regions
+   HBASE-1247  checkAndSave doesn't Write Ahead Log
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 6f17244b3e6..5f0d319b5b7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -1660,9 +1660,8 @@ public class HRegionServer implements HConstants, HRegionInterface, HBaseRPCErro
     validateValuesLength(b, region);
     try {
       cacheFlusher.reclaimMemcacheMemory();
-      boolean result = region.checkAndSave(b,
-        expectedValues,getLockFromId(b.getRowLock()), false);
-      return result;
+      return region.checkAndSave(b,
+        expectedValues,getLockFromId(b.getRowLock()), true);
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       throw convertThrowableToIOE(cleanup(t));
     }