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 13ad4c4d7a..19def5c679 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
@@ -3321,10 +3321,10 @@ boolean delete(String src, boolean recursive, boolean logRetryCache)
       throw e;
     }
     getEditLog().logSync();
+    logAuditEvent(true, operationName, src);
     if (toRemovedBlocks != null) {
       removeBlocks(toRemovedBlocks); // Incremental deletion of blocks
     }
-    logAuditEvent(true, operationName, src);
     return ret;
   }