diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
index e0ac692e60afd..ba158602e22a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
@@ -429,9 +429,6 @@ synchronized void journal(RequestInfo reqInfo,
       LOG.trace("Writing txid " + firstTxnId + "-" + lastTxnId +
           " ; journal id: " + journalId);
     }
-    if (cache != null) {
-      cache.storeEdits(records, firstTxnId, lastTxnId, curSegmentLayoutVersion);
-    }
 
     // If the edit has already been marked as committed, we know
     // it has been fsynced on a quorum of other nodes, and we are
@@ -439,6 +436,7 @@ synchronized void journal(RequestInfo reqInfo,
     boolean isLagging = lastTxnId <= committedTxnId.get();
     boolean shouldFsync = !isLagging;
     
+    JournalFaultInjector.get().writeEdits();
     curSegment.writeRaw(records, 0, records.length);
     curSegment.setReadyToFlush();
     StopWatch sw = new StopWatch();
@@ -469,6 +467,12 @@ synchronized void journal(RequestInfo reqInfo,
     
     updateHighestWrittenTxId(lastTxnId);
     nextTxId = lastTxnId + 1;
+
+    // Only cache the edits if we successfully persisted them
+    if (cache != null) {
+      cache.storeEdits(records, firstTxnId, lastTxnId, curSegmentLayoutVersion);
+    }
+
     lastJournalTimestamp = Time.now();
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalFaultInjector.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalFaultInjector.java
index a3aa532fb7ffd..16d26513abce2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalFaultInjector.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalFaultInjector.java
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ public static JournalFaultInjector get() {
 
   public void beforePersistPaxosData() throws IOException {}
   public void afterPersistPaxosData() throws IOException {}
+  public void writeEdits() throws IOException {}
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/TestJournal.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/TestJournal.java
index bf3b0896bf578..511848a970d47 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/TestJournal.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/TestJournal.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
@@ -518,6 +519,29 @@ public void testReadFromCache() throws Exception {
     assertJournaledEditsTxnCountAndContents(16, 10, 20, newLayoutVersion);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testOnlyReadPersistedEditsFromCache() throws Exception {
+    JournalFaultInjector faultInjector = Mockito.mock(JournalFaultInjector.class);
+    JournalFaultInjector.instance = faultInjector;
+
+    journal.newEpoch(FAKE_NSINFO, 1);
+    journal.startLogSegment(makeRI(1), 1,
+        NameNodeLayoutVersion.CURRENT_LAYOUT_VERSION);
+    journal.journal(makeRI(2), 1, 1, 5, QJMTestUtil.createTxnData(1, 5));
+    assertJournaledEditsTxnCountAndContents(1, 10, 5,
+        NameNodeLayoutVersion.CURRENT_LAYOUT_VERSION);
+
+    Mockito.doThrow(new IOException("Injected")).when(faultInjector)
+        .writeEdits();
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () ->
+        journal.journal(makeRI(3), 1, 6, 5, QJMTestUtil.createTxnData(6, 5)));
+    Mockito.reset(faultInjector);
+
+    // We should not see the edits that failed to persist to storage
+    assertJournaledEditsTxnCountAndContents(1, 10, 5,
+        NameNodeLayoutVersion.CURRENT_LAYOUT_VERSION);
+  }
+
   private void assertJournaledEditsTxnCountAndContents(int startTxn,
       int requestedMaxTxns, int expectedEndTxn, int layoutVersion)
       throws Exception {