diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
index 9952c97dbdffc..1355e1ad1b523 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ private[deploy] class Master(
         }
 
       val eventLogFilePrefix = EventLoggingListener.getLogPath(
-          eventLogDir, app.id, app.desc.eventLogCodec)
+          eventLogDir, app.id, appAttemptId = None, compressionCodecName = app.desc.eventLogCodec)
       val fs = Utils.getHadoopFileSystem(eventLogDir, hadoopConf)
       val inProgressExists = fs.exists(new Path(eventLogFilePrefix +
           EventLoggingListener.IN_PROGRESS))