diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ce649c8ab7..745880115f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 Merged from 3.11:
  * SASI's `max_compaction_flush_memory_in_mb` settings over 100GB revert to default of 1GB (CASSANDRA-16071)
 Merged from 3.0:
+ * Synchronize transaction logs for JBOD (CASSANDRA-16225)
  * Fix the counting of cells per partition (CASSANDRA-16259)
  * Fix serial read/non-applying CAS linearizability (CASSANDRA-12126)
  * Avoid potential NPE in JVMStabilityInspector (CASSANDRA-16294)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/lifecycle/LogTransaction.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/lifecycle/LogTransaction.java
index ae121424ea..85df4d64e0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/lifecycle/LogTransaction.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/lifecycle/LogTransaction.java
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ class LogTransaction extends Transactional.AbstractTransactional implements Tran
      */
     void untrackNew(SSTable table)
     {
-        txnFile.remove(table);
+        synchronized (lock)
+        {
+            txnFile.remove(table);
+        }
     }
 
     /**