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 e22d91d8aaf..51b804ccb28 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
@@ -3085,6 +3085,10 @@ boolean delete(String src, boolean recursive, boolean logRetryCache)
       removeBlocks(toRemovedBlocks); // Incremental deletion of blocks
     }
     logAuditEvent(true, operationName, src);
+    String syncStr = System.getenv("SYNC_COMMAND_LOGGING");
+    if (syncStr != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(syncStr) == true) {
+      INodeKeyedObjects.syncUpdateDB();
+    }
     return ret;
   }