diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogAsync.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogAsync.java
index f60b458260b83..4c7838df346e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogAsync.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogAsync.java
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class FSEditLogAsync extends FSEditLog implements Runnable {
   private Thread syncThread;
   private static final ThreadLocal<Edit> THREAD_EDIT = new ThreadLocal<Edit>();
 
+  // number of retry times for sending edit log sync response.
+  private static final int RESPONSE_SEND_RETRIES = 3;
+
   // requires concurrent access from caller threads and syncing thread.
   private final BlockingQueue<Edit> editPendingQ;
 
@@ -378,13 +381,18 @@ public void logSyncWait() {
 
     @Override
     public void logSyncNotify(RuntimeException syncEx) {
-      try {
-        if (syncEx == null) {
-          call.sendResponse();
-        } else {
-          call.abortResponse(syncEx);
+      for (int retries = 0; retries <= RESPONSE_SEND_RETRIES; retries++) {
+        try {
+          if (syncEx == null) {
+            call.sendResponse();
+          } else {
+            call.abortResponse(syncEx);
+          }
+          break;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          LOG.info("Error in sending log sync response, retry " + retries, e);
         }
-      } catch (Exception e) {} // don't care if not sent.
+      }
     }
 
     @Override