diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
index c23a659e76df..c4517d3dfd93 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, FileSystem, Path}
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.{DFSInputStream, DistributedFileSystem}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException
 import org.fusesource.leveldbjni.internal.NativeDB
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
               listing.write(info.copy(lastProcessed = newLastScanTime, fileSize = entry.getLen()))
             }
 
-            if (info.fileSize < entry.getLen()) {
+            if (shouldReloadLog(info, entry)) {
               if (info.appId.isDefined && fastInProgressParsing) {
                 // When fast in-progress parsing is on, we don't need to re-parse when the
                 // size changes, but we do need to invalidate any existing UIs.
@@ -541,6 +541,24 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
     }
   }
 
+  private[history] def shouldReloadLog(info: LogInfo, entry: FileStatus): Boolean = {
+    var result = info.fileSize < entry.getLen
+    if (!result && info.logPath.endsWith(EventLoggingListener.IN_PROGRESS)) {
+      try {
+        result = Utils.tryWithResource(fs.open(entry.getPath)) { in =>
+          in.getWrappedStream match {
+            case dfsIn: DFSInputStream => info.fileSize < dfsIn.getFileLength
+            case _ => false
+          }
+        }
+      } catch {
+        case e: Exception =>
+          logDebug(s"Failed to check the length for the file : ${info.logPath}", e)
+      }
+    }
+    result
+  }
+
   private def cleanAppData(appId: String, attemptId: Option[String], logPath: String): Unit = {
     try {
       val app = load(appId)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
index 1629e1797977..f89fcd18ef56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.scheduler
 import java.io._
 import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
-import java.util.EnumSet
 import java.util.Locale
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, Map}
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, Map}
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, FSDataOutputStream, Path}
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsDataOutputStream.SyncFlag
 import org.json4s.JsonAST.JValue
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
 
@@ -149,10 +146,7 @@ private[spark] class EventLoggingListener(
     // scalastyle:on println
     if (flushLogger) {
       writer.foreach(_.flush())
-      hadoopDataStream.foreach(ds => ds.getWrappedStream match {
-        case wrapped: DFSOutputStream => wrapped.hsync(EnumSet.of(SyncFlag.UPDATE_LENGTH))
-        case _ => ds.hflush()
-      })
+      hadoopDataStream.foreach(_.hflush())
     }
     if (testing) {
       loggedEvents += eventJson
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
index 444e8d6e11f8..6a761d43a5a6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.language.postfixOps
 
 import com.google.common.io.{ByteStreams, Files}
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, Path}
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, FileSystem, FSDataInputStream, Path}
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.{DFSInputStream, DistributedFileSystem}
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
 import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher
@@ -856,6 +856,39 @@ class FsHistoryProviderSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matc
     assert(!mockedProvider.isBlacklisted(accessDeniedPath))
   }
 
+  test("check in-progress event logs absolute length") {
+    val path = new Path("testapp.inprogress")
+    val provider = new FsHistoryProvider(createTestConf())
+    val mockedProvider = spy(provider)
+    val mockedFs = mock(classOf[FileSystem])
+    val in = mock(classOf[FSDataInputStream])
+    val dfsIn = mock(classOf[DFSInputStream])
+    when(mockedProvider.fs).thenReturn(mockedFs)
+    when(mockedFs.open(path)).thenReturn(in)
+    when(in.getWrappedStream).thenReturn(dfsIn)
+    when(dfsIn.getFileLength).thenReturn(200)
+    // FileStatus.getLen is more than logInfo fileSize
+    var fileStatus = new FileStatus(200, false, 0, 0, 0, path)
+    var logInfo = new LogInfo(path.toString, 0, Some("appId"), Some("attemptId"), 100)
+    assert(mockedProvider.shouldReloadLog(logInfo, fileStatus))
+
+    fileStatus = new FileStatus()
+    fileStatus.setPath(path)
+    // DFSInputStream.getFileLength is more than logInfo fileSize
+    logInfo = new LogInfo(path.toString, 0, Some("appId"), Some("attemptId"), 100)
+    assert(mockedProvider.shouldReloadLog(logInfo, fileStatus))
+    // DFSInputStream.getFileLength is equal to logInfo fileSize
+    logInfo = new LogInfo(path.toString, 0, Some("appId"), Some("attemptId"), 200)
+    assert(!mockedProvider.shouldReloadLog(logInfo, fileStatus))
+    // in.getWrappedStream returns other than DFSInputStream
+    val bin = mock(classOf[BufferedInputStream])
+    when(in.getWrappedStream).thenReturn(bin)
+    assert(!mockedProvider.shouldReloadLog(logInfo, fileStatus))
+    // fs.open throws exception
+    when(mockedFs.open(path)).thenThrow(new IOException("Throwing intentionally"))
+    assert(!mockedProvider.shouldReloadLog(logInfo, fileStatus))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Asks the provider to check for logs and calls a function to perform checks on the updated
    * app list. Example: