diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieAppendHandle.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieAppendHandle.java
index 9f4f0924d..c60384475 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieAppendHandle.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieAppendHandle.java
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ public class HoodieAppendHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
       if (writer != null) {
         writer.close();
       }
-      writeStatus.getStat().setPrevCommit(commitTime);
       writeStatus.getStat().setFileId(this.fileId);
       writeStatus.getStat().setNumWrites(recordsWritten);
       writeStatus.getStat().setNumUpdateWrites(updatedRecordsWritten);
diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/table/TestMergeOnReadTable.java b/hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/table/TestMergeOnReadTable.java
index aa2744043..92c40e7e8 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/table/TestMergeOnReadTable.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/table/TestMergeOnReadTable.java
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ public class TestMergeOnReadTable {
     recordsRead = HoodieMergeOnReadTestUtils.getRecordsUsingInputFormat(dataFiles, basePath);
     assertEquals(recordsRead.size(), 200);
 
+    writeRecords = jsc.parallelize(copyOfRecords, 1);
     writeStatusJavaRDD = client.upsert(writeRecords, commitTime2);
     client.commit(commitTime2, writeStatusJavaRDD);
     statuses = writeStatusJavaRDD.collect();