diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d1d9d01..7096889 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Hadoop Change Log
 
+Release 0.19.3 - Unreleased
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+    HADOOP-4963. Logs saying org.apache.hadoop.util.DiskChecker$DiskErrorException
+    in TaskTracker are not relevant ((Amareshwari Sriramadasu via ddas) 
+
 Release 0.19.2 - 2009-06-30
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/src/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskTracker.java b/src/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskTracker.java
index 529ca1e..d85484b 100644
--- a/src/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskTracker.java
+++ b/src/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TaskTracker.java
@@ -1514,6 +1514,11 @@
       if(tip == null)
          return -1;
       
+      if (!tip.getTask().isMapTask() || 
+          tip.getRunState() != TaskStatus.State.SUCCEEDED) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      
       MapOutputFile mapOutputFile = new MapOutputFile();
       mapOutputFile.setJobId(taskId.getJobID());
       mapOutputFile.setConf(conf);