diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
index dacff69d55dd2..46e6902c9afd6 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
@@ -112,10 +112,13 @@ private[streaming] class ReceivedBlockTracker(
   def allocateBlocksToBatch(batchTime: Time): Unit = synchronized {
     if (lastAllocatedBatchTime == null || batchTime > lastAllocatedBatchTime) {
       val streamIdToBlocks = streamIds.map { streamId =>
-          (streamId, getReceivedBlockQueue(streamId).dequeueAll(x => true))
+        (streamId, getReceivedBlockQueue(streamId).clone())
       }.toMap
       val allocatedBlocks = AllocatedBlocks(streamIdToBlocks)
       if (writeToLog(BatchAllocationEvent(batchTime, allocatedBlocks))) {
+        streamIds.foreach {
+          getReceivedBlockQueue(_).clear()
+        }
         timeToAllocatedBlocks.put(batchTime, allocatedBlocks)
         lastAllocatedBatchTime = batchTime
       } else {
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite.scala
index 4fa236bd39663..6e62d1e0a52a7 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite.scala
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ import scala.language.{implicitConversions, postfixOps}
 import scala.util.Random
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
+import org.mockito.Matchers.any
+import org.mockito.Mockito.{doThrow, reset, spy}
 import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfter, Matchers}
 import org.scalatest.concurrent.Eventually._
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkException, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StreamBlockId
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.receiver.BlockManagerBasedStoreResult
@@ -115,6 +117,50 @@ class ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite
     tracker2.stop()
   }
 
+  test("block allocation to batch should not loose blocks from received queue") {
+    val tracker1 = createTracker(createSpyTracker = true)
+    tracker1.isWriteAheadLogEnabled should be (true)
+    tracker1.getUnallocatedBlocks(streamId) shouldEqual Seq.empty
+
+    // Add blocks
+    val blockInfos = generateBlockInfos()
+    blockInfos.map(tracker1.addBlock)
+    tracker1.getUnallocatedBlocks(streamId) shouldEqual blockInfos
+
+    // Try to allocate the blocks to a batch and verify that it's failing
+    // The blocks should stay in the received queue when WAL write failing
+    doThrow(new RuntimeException("Not able to write BatchAllocationEvent"))
+      .when(tracker1).writeToLog(any(classOf[BatchAllocationEvent]))
+    try {
+      tracker1.allocateBlocksToBatch(1)
+      assert(false)
+    } catch {
+      case _: RuntimeException =>
+        // Nothing to do here
+    }
+    tracker1.getUnallocatedBlocks(streamId) shouldEqual blockInfos
+    tracker1.getBlocksOfBatch(1) shouldEqual Map.empty
+    tracker1.getBlocksOfBatchAndStream(1, streamId) shouldEqual Seq.empty
+
+    // Allocate the blocks to a batch and verify that all of them have been allocated
+    reset(tracker1)
+    tracker1.allocateBlocksToBatch(2)
+    tracker1.getUnallocatedBlocks(streamId) shouldEqual Seq.empty
+    tracker1.hasUnallocatedReceivedBlocks should be (false)
+    tracker1.getBlocksOfBatch(2) shouldEqual Map(streamId -> blockInfos)
+    tracker1.getBlocksOfBatchAndStream(2, streamId) shouldEqual blockInfos
+
+    tracker1.stop()
+
+    // Recover from WAL to see the correctness
+    val tracker2 = createTracker(recoverFromWriteAheadLog = true)
+    tracker2.getUnallocatedBlocks(streamId) shouldEqual Seq.empty
+    tracker2.hasUnallocatedReceivedBlocks should be (false)
+    tracker2.getBlocksOfBatch(2) shouldEqual Map(streamId -> blockInfos)
+    tracker2.getBlocksOfBatchAndStream(2, streamId) shouldEqual blockInfos
+    tracker2.stop()
+  }
+
   test("recovery and cleanup with write ahead logs") {
     val manualClock = new ManualClock
     // Set the time increment level to twice the rotation interval so that every increment creates
@@ -308,12 +354,16 @@ class ReceivedBlockTrackerSuite
    * want to control time by manually incrementing it to test log clean.
    */
   def createTracker(
+      createSpyTracker: Boolean = false,
       setCheckpointDir: Boolean = true,
       recoverFromWriteAheadLog: Boolean = false,
       clock: Clock = new SystemClock): ReceivedBlockTracker = {
     val cpDirOption = if (setCheckpointDir) Some(checkpointDirectory.toString) else None
-    val tracker = new ReceivedBlockTracker(
+    var tracker = new ReceivedBlockTracker(
       conf, hadoopConf, Seq(streamId), clock, recoverFromWriteAheadLog, cpDirOption)
+    if (createSpyTracker) {
+      tracker = spy(tracker)
+    }
     allReceivedBlockTrackers += tracker
     tracker
   }