diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileLogger.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileLogger.scala
index 6a95dc06e155dc8275f1a6a8ae0e9c7b97b7960e..9dcdafdd6350e8206ddb0bf8a7cb02eed4c5ef40 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileLogger.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileLogger.scala
@@ -196,6 +196,5 @@ private[spark] class FileLogger(
   def stop() {
     hadoopDataStream.foreach(_.close())
     writer.foreach(_.close())
-    fileSystem.close()
   }
 }