diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieRollbackMetadata.avsc b/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieRollbackMetadata.avsc
index f1c9fd5b3f8dd..f342db8738d33 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieRollbackMetadata.avsc
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieRollbackMetadata.avsc
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@
             {"name": "partitionPath", "type": "string"},
             {"name": "successDeleteFiles", "type": {"type": "array", "items": "string"}},
             {"name": "failedDeleteFiles", "type": {"type": "array", "items": "string"}},
-            {"name": "rollbackLogFiles", "type": {
+            {"name": "rollbackLogFiles", "type": ["null", {
                 "type": "map",
                 "doc": "Files to which append blocks were written to capture rollback commit",
                 "values": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "doc": "Size of this file in bytes"
                 }
-            }},
-            {"name": "writtenLogFiles", "type": {
+            }], "default":null },
+            {"name": "writtenLogFiles", "type": ["null", {
                 "type": "map",
                 "doc": "Log files written that were expected to be rolledback",
                  "values": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "doc": "Size of this file in bytes"
                 }
-            }}
+            }], "default":null }
         ]
      }}},
      {