diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index 4e351c021b..9cfa18098e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ public BlockPlacementPolicy getBlockPlacementPolicy() {
 
   /** Dump meta data to out. */
   public void metaSave(PrintWriter out) {
-    assert namesystem.hasWriteLock(); // TODO: block manager read lock and NS write lock
+    assert namesystem.hasReadLock(); // TODO: block manager read lock and NS write lock
     final List<DatanodeDescriptor> live = new ArrayList<DatanodeDescriptor>();
     final List<DatanodeDescriptor> dead = new ArrayList<DatanodeDescriptor>();
     datanodeManager.fetchDatanodes(live, dead, false);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 5c9341f82b..70b65f3982 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ private void logAuditEvent(boolean succeeded,
   private boolean resourceLowSafeMode = false;
   private String nameNodeHostName = null;
 
+  /**
+   * HDFS-14497: Concurrency control when many metaSave request to write
+   * meta to same out stream after switch to read lock.
+   */
+  private Object metaSaveLock = new Object();
+
   /**
    * Notify that loading of this FSDirectory is complete, and
    * it is imageLoaded for use
@@ -1769,24 +1775,26 @@ void metaSave(String filename) throws IOException {
     String operationName = "metaSave";
     checkSuperuserPrivilege(operationName);
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
-    writeLock();
+    readLock();
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
-      File file = new File(System.getProperty("hadoop.log.dir"), filename);
-      PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(
-          new OutputStreamWriter(Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath()),
-              Charsets.UTF_8)));
-      metaSave(out);
-      out.flush();
-      out.close();
+      synchronized(metaSaveLock) {
+        File file = new File(System.getProperty("hadoop.log.dir"), filename);
+        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(
+                new OutputStreamWriter(Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath()),
+                        Charsets.UTF_8)));
+        metaSave(out);
+        out.flush();
+        out.close();
+      }
     } finally {
-      writeUnlock(operationName);
+      readUnlock(operationName);
     }
     logAuditEvent(true, operationName, null);
   }
 
   private void metaSave(PrintWriter out) {
-    assert hasWriteLock();
+    assert hasReadLock();
     long totalInodes = this.dir.totalInodes();
     long totalBlocks = this.getBlocksTotal();
     out.println(totalInodes + " files and directories, " + totalBlocks
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestMetaSave.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestMetaSave.java
index 8cc1433cef..d4748f3d60 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestMetaSave.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestMetaSave.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -215,6 +216,65 @@ public void testMetaSaveOverwrite() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  class MetaSaveThread extends Thread {
+    NamenodeProtocols nnRpc;
+    String filename;
+    public MetaSaveThread(NamenodeProtocols nnRpc, String filename) {
+      this.nnRpc = nnRpc;
+      this.filename = filename;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+      try {
+        nnRpc.metaSave(filename);
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that metasave concurrent output file (not append).
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testConcurrentMetaSave() throws Exception {
+    ArrayList<MetaSaveThread> threads = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      threads.add(new MetaSaveThread(nnRpc, "metaSaveConcurrent.out.txt"));
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      threads.get(i).start();
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      threads.get(i).join();
+    }
+    // Read output file.
+    FileInputStream fis = null;
+    InputStreamReader isr = null;
+    BufferedReader rdr = null;
+    try {
+      fis = new FileInputStream(getLogFile("metaSaveConcurrent.out.txt"));
+      isr = new InputStreamReader(fis);
+      rdr = new BufferedReader(isr);
+
+      // Validate that file was overwritten (not appended) by checking for
+      // presence of only one "Live Datanodes" line.
+      boolean foundLiveDatanodesLine = false;
+      String line = rdr.readLine();
+      while (line != null) {
+        if (line.startsWith("Live Datanodes")) {
+          if (foundLiveDatanodesLine) {
+            fail("multiple Live Datanodes lines, output file not overwritten");
+          }
+          foundLiveDatanodesLine = true;
+        }
+        line = rdr.readLine();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.cleanup(null, rdr, isr, fis);
+    }
+  }
+
   @After
   public void tearDown() throws IOException {
     if (fileSys != null)