diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/WALEntryStream.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/WALEntryStream.java
index bed9c0fc76f1..7a440750f63d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/WALEntryStream.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/WALEntryStream.java
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ private void dequeueCurrentLog() throws IOException {
     }
     closeReader();
     logQueue.remove();
+    setCurrentPath(null);
     setPosition(0);
     metrics.decrSizeOfLogQueue();
   }