diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirWriteFileOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirWriteFileOp.java
index 0d3cb89ac0..339873efad 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirWriteFileOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirWriteFileOp.java
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ static LocatedBlock storeAllocatedBlock(FSNamesystem fsn, String src,
     fsn.commitOrCompleteLastBlock(pendingFile, fileState.iip,
                                   ExtendedBlock.getLocalBlock(previous));
 
-    // allocate new block, record block locations in INode.
     final BlockType blockType = pendingFile.getBlockType();
     // allocate new block, record block locations in INode.
     Block newBlock = fsn.createNewBlock(blockType);