diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
index fdd66cb05d..d660970c72 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPOfferService.java
@@ -679,20 +679,15 @@ boolean processCommandFromActor(DatanodeCommand cmd,
       actor.reRegister();
       return false;
     }
-    boolean isActiveActor;
-    InetSocketAddress nnSocketAddress;
-    readLock();
+    writeLock();
     try {
-      isActiveActor = (actor == bpServiceToActive);
-      nnSocketAddress = actor.getNNSocketAddress();
+      if (actor == bpServiceToActive) {
+        return processCommandFromActive(cmd, actor);
+      } else {
+        return processCommandFromStandby(cmd, actor);
+      }
     } finally {
-      readUnlock();
-    }
-
-    if (isActiveActor) {
-      return processCommandFromActive(cmd, nnSocketAddress);
-    } else {
-      return processCommandFromStandby(cmd, nnSocketAddress);
+      writeUnlock();
     }
   }
 
@@ -720,7 +715,7 @@ private String blockIdArrayToString(long ids[]) {
    * @throws IOException
    */
   private boolean processCommandFromActive(DatanodeCommand cmd,
-      InetSocketAddress nnSocketAddress) throws IOException {
+      BPServiceActor actor) throws IOException {
     final BlockCommand bcmd = 
       cmd instanceof BlockCommand? (BlockCommand)cmd: null;
     final BlockIdCommand blockIdCmd = 
@@ -773,7 +768,7 @@ assert getBlockPoolId().equals(bp) :
       dn.finalizeUpgradeForPool(bp);
       break;
     case DatanodeProtocol.DNA_RECOVERBLOCK:
-      String who = "NameNode at " + nnSocketAddress;
+      String who = "NameNode at " + actor.getNNSocketAddress();
       dn.getBlockRecoveryWorker().recoverBlocks(who,
           ((BlockRecoveryCommand)cmd).getRecoveringBlocks());
       break;
@@ -815,11 +810,11 @@ assert getBlockPoolId().equals(bp) :
    * DNA_REGISTER which should be handled earlier itself.
    */
   private boolean processCommandFromStandby(DatanodeCommand cmd,
-      InetSocketAddress nnSocketAddress) throws IOException {
+      BPServiceActor actor) throws IOException {
     switch(cmd.getAction()) {
     case DatanodeProtocol.DNA_ACCESSKEYUPDATE:
       LOG.info("DatanodeCommand action from standby NN {}: DNA_ACCESSKEYUPDATE",
-          nnSocketAddress);
+          actor.getNNSocketAddress());
       if (dn.isBlockTokenEnabled) {
         dn.blockPoolTokenSecretManager.addKeys(
             getBlockPoolId(), 
@@ -836,11 +831,11 @@ private boolean processCommandFromStandby(DatanodeCommand cmd,
     case DatanodeProtocol.DNA_UNCACHE:
     case DatanodeProtocol.DNA_ERASURE_CODING_RECONSTRUCTION:
       LOG.warn("Got a command from standby NN {} - ignoring command: {}",
-          nnSocketAddress, cmd.getAction());
+          actor.getNNSocketAddress(), cmd.getAction());
       break;
     default:
       LOG.warn("Unknown DatanodeCommand action: {} from standby NN {}",
-          cmd.getAction(), nnSocketAddress);
+          cmd.getAction(), actor.getNNSocketAddress());
     }
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
index e9f424604b..35ab619314 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ private boolean processCommand(DatanodeCommand[] cmds) {
           dn.getMetrics().addNumProcessedCommands(processCommandsMs);
         }
         if (processCommandsMs > dnConf.getProcessCommandsThresholdMs()) {
-          LOG.warn("Took {} ms to process {} commands from NN",
+          LOG.info("Took {} ms to process {} commands from NN",
               processCommandsMs, cmds.length);
         }
       }