diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 36a70b86dc..fd1d6deb36 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2196,6 +2196,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9044. Give Priority to FavouredNodes , before selecting
     nodes from FavouredNode's Node Group (J.Andreina via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HDFS-9332. Fix Precondition failures from NameNodeEditLogRoller while
+    saving namespace. (wang)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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 29ee0879f3..8d70fbc611 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
@@ -3729,9 +3729,7 @@ public NameNodeEditLogRoller(long rollThreshold, int sleepIntervalMs) {
     public void run() {
       while (fsRunning && shouldRun) {
         try {
-          FSEditLog editLog = getFSImage().getEditLog();
-          long numEdits =
-              editLog.getLastWrittenTxId() - editLog.getCurSegmentTxId();
+          long numEdits = getTransactionsSinceLastLogRoll();
           if (numEdits > rollThreshold) {
             FSNamesystem.LOG.info("NameNode rolling its own edit log because"
                 + " number of edits in open segment exceeds threshold of "