diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
index f9b796551d..fa321fe85e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
@@ -977,12 +977,16 @@ private void loadFSImage(File curFile, MD5Hash expectedMd5,
           " but expecting " + expectedMd5);
     }
 
-    long txId = loader.getLoadedImageTxId();
+    final long txId = setLastAppliedTxId(loader);
     LOG.info("Loaded image for txid " + txId + " from " + curFile);
-    lastAppliedTxId = txId;
     storage.setMostRecentCheckpointInfo(txId, curFile.lastModified());
   }
 
+  synchronized long setLastAppliedTxId(FSImageFormat.LoaderDelegator loader) {
+    lastAppliedTxId = loader.getLoadedImageTxId();
+    return lastAppliedTxId;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Save the contents of the FS image to the file.
    */
@@ -1215,8 +1219,9 @@ public void removeFromCheckpointing(long txid) {
   }
 
   void save(FSNamesystem src, File dst) throws IOException {
-    final SaveNamespaceContext context = new SaveNamespaceContext(src,
-        getCorrectLastAppliedOrWrittenTxId(), new Canceler());
+    final long txid = getCorrectLastAppliedOrWrittenTxId();
+    LOG.info("save fsimage with txid={} to {}", txid, dst.getAbsolutePath());
+    final SaveNamespaceContext context = new SaveNamespaceContext(src, txid, new Canceler());
     final Storage.StorageDirectory storageDirectory = new Storage.StorageDirectory(dst);
     Files.createDirectories(storageDirectory.getCurrentDir().toPath());
     new FSImageSaver(context, storageDirectory, NameNodeFile.IMAGE).run();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FsImageValidation.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FsImageValidation.java
index 275be90505..4dac221e4d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FsImageValidation.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FsImageValidation.java
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ int run(Configuration conf, AtomicInteger errorCount) throws Exception {
     initConf(conf);
 
     // check INodeReference
+    NameNode.initMetrics(conf, HdfsServerConstants.NamenodeRole.NAMENODE); // to avoid NPE
     final FSNamesystem namesystem = checkINodeReference(conf, errorCount);
 
     // check INodeMap
@@ -276,14 +277,16 @@ public void run() {
       namesystem.getFSDirectory().writeLock();
       try {
         loader.load(fsImageFile, false);
+        fsImage.setLastAppliedTxId(loader);
       } finally {
         namesystem.getFSDirectory().writeUnlock();
         namesystem.writeUnlock("loadImage");
       }
     }
     t.cancel();
-    Cli.println("Loaded %s %s successfully in %s",
-        FS_IMAGE, fsImageFile, StringUtils.formatTime(now() - loadStart));
+    Cli.println("Loaded %s %s with txid %d successfully in %s",
+        FS_IMAGE, fsImageFile, namesystem.getFSImage().getLastAppliedTxId(),
+        StringUtils.formatTime(now() - loadStart));
     return namesystem;
   }