diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 697d0017b..20ab82a0c 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -2643,7 +2643,6 @@ Status DBImpl::GetImpl(const ReadOptions& options,
   delete m;
   for (MemTable* v: to_delete) delete v;
 
-  LogFlush(options_.info_log);
   // Note, tickers are atomic now - no lock protection needed any more.
   RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_KEYS_READ);
   RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), BYTES_READ, value->size());
@@ -2729,7 +2728,6 @@ std::vector<Status> DBImpl::MultiGet(const ReadOptions& options,
   delete m;
   for (MemTable* v: to_delete) delete v;
 
-  LogFlush(options_.info_log);
   RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_CALLS);
   RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_KEYS_READ, numKeys);
   RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_BYTES_READ, bytesRead);
@@ -2877,7 +2875,6 @@ Status DBImpl::Write(const WriteOptions& options, WriteBatch* my_batch) {
         SetTickerCount(options_.statistics.get(),
                        SEQUENCE_NUMBER, last_sequence);
       }
-      LogFlush(options_.info_log);
       mutex_.Lock();
       if (status.ok()) {
         versions_->SetLastSequence(last_sequence);
diff --git a/util/posix_logger.h b/util/posix_logger.h
index 0a09bd1eb..99d7ed999 100644
--- a/util/posix_logger.h
+++ b/util/posix_logger.h
@@ -36,15 +36,19 @@ class PosixLogger : public Logger {
   const static uint64_t flush_every_seconds_ = 5;
   std::atomic_uint_fast64_t last_flush_micros_;
   Env* env_;
+  bool flush_pending_;
  public:
   PosixLogger(FILE* f, uint64_t (*gettid)(), Env* env) :
     file_(f), gettid_(gettid), log_size_(0), fd_(fileno(f)),
-    last_flush_micros_(0), env_(env) { }
+    last_flush_micros_(0), env_(env), flush_pending_(false) { }
   virtual ~PosixLogger() {
     fclose(file_);
   }
   virtual void Flush() {
-    fflush(file_);
+    if (flush_pending_) {
+      flush_pending_ = false;
+      fflush(file_);
+    }
     last_flush_micros_ = env_->NowMicros();
   }
   virtual void Logv(const char* format, va_list ap) {
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ class PosixLogger : public Logger {
 #endif
 
       size_t sz = fwrite(base, 1, write_size, file_);
+      flush_pending_ = true;
       assert(sz == write_size);
       if (sz > 0) {
         log_size_ += write_size;
@@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ class PosixLogger : public Logger {
       uint64_t now_micros = static_cast<uint64_t>(now_tv.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
         now_tv.tv_usec;
       if (now_micros - last_flush_micros_ >= flush_every_seconds_ * 1000000) {
+        flush_pending_ = false;
         fflush(file_);
         last_flush_micros_ = now_micros;
       }