diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 1769471cfb..b83d60f5e0 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -77,20 +77,6 @@ const std::string kDefaultColumnFamilyName("default");
 
 void DumpLeveldbBuildVersion(Logger * log);
 
-// Information kept for every waiting writer
-struct DBImpl::Writer {
-  Status status;
-  WriteBatch* batch;
-  bool sync;
-  bool disableWAL;
-  bool in_batch_group;
-  bool done;
-  uint64_t timeout_hint_us;
-  port::CondVar cv;
-
-  explicit Writer(port::Mutex* mu) : cv(mu) { }
-};
-
 struct DBImpl::WriteContext {
   autovector<SuperVersion*> superversions_to_free_;
   autovector<log::Writer*> logs_to_free_;
@@ -3627,6 +3613,14 @@ Status DBImpl::DropColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family) {
   edit.DropColumnFamily();
   edit.SetColumnFamily(cfd->GetID());
 
+  Writer w(&mutex_);
+  w.batch = nullptr;
+  w.sync = false;
+  w.disableWAL = false;
+  w.in_batch_group = false;
+  w.done = false;
+  w.timeout_hint_us = kNoTimeOut;
+
   Status s;
   {
     MutexLock l(&mutex_);
@@ -3634,7 +3628,11 @@ Status DBImpl::DropColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family) {
       s = Status::InvalidArgument("Column family already dropped!\n");
     }
     if (s.ok()) {
+      // we drop column family from a single write thread
+      s = BeginWrite(&w, 0);
+      assert(s.ok() && !w.done);  // No timeout and nobody should do our job
       s = versions_->LogAndApply(cfd, &edit, &mutex_);
+      EndWrite(&w, &w, s);
     }
   }
 
@@ -4173,15 +4171,19 @@ void DBImpl::BuildBatchGroup(Writer** last_writer,
       break;
     }
 
-    if (w->batch != nullptr) {
-      size += WriteBatchInternal::ByteSize(w->batch);
-      if (size > max_size) {
-        // Do not make batch too big
-        break;
-      }
-
-      write_batch_group->push_back(w->batch);
+    if (w->batch == nullptr) {
+      // Do not include those writes with nullptr batch. Those are not writes,
+      // those are something else. They want to be alone
+      break;
     }
+
+    size += WriteBatchInternal::ByteSize(w->batch);
+    if (size > max_size) {
+      // Do not make batch too big
+      break;
+    }
+
+    write_batch_group->push_back(w->batch);
     w->in_batch_group = true;
     *last_writer = w;
   }
diff --git a/db/db_impl.h b/db/db_impl.h
index e49b954cc5..69fe2eaac6 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.h
+++ b/db/db_impl.h
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
                               SequenceNumber* sequence);
 
   Status TEST_ReadFirstLine(const std::string& fname, SequenceNumber* sequence);
+
+  void TEST_LockMutex();
+
+  void TEST_UnlockMutex();
+
+  // REQUIRES: mutex locked
+  void* TEST_BeginWrite();
+
+  // REQUIRES: mutex locked
+  // pass the pointer that you got from TEST_BeginWrite()
+  void TEST_EndWrite(void* w);
 #endif  // NDEBUG
 
   // Structure to store information for candidate files to delete.
@@ -309,7 +320,7 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
 #endif
   friend struct SuperVersion;
   struct CompactionState;
-  struct Writer;
+
   struct WriteContext;
 
   Status NewDB();
@@ -349,6 +360,20 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
 
   uint64_t SlowdownAmount(int n, double bottom, double top);
 
+  // Information kept for every waiting writer
+  struct Writer {
+    Status status;
+    WriteBatch* batch;
+    bool sync;
+    bool disableWAL;
+    bool in_batch_group;
+    bool done;
+    uint64_t timeout_hint_us;
+    port::CondVar cv;
+
+    explicit Writer(port::Mutex* mu) : cv(mu) {}
+  };
+
   // Before applying write operation (such as DBImpl::Write, DBImpl::Flush)
   // thread should grab the mutex_ and be the first on writers queue.
   // BeginWrite is used for it.
diff --git a/db/db_impl_debug.cc b/db/db_impl_debug.cc
index 77d4e0551d..5f7a4818d0 100644
--- a/db/db_impl_debug.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl_debug.cc
@@ -130,5 +130,32 @@ Status DBImpl::TEST_ReadFirstLine(const std::string& fname,
                                   SequenceNumber* sequence) {
   return ReadFirstLine(fname, sequence);
 }
+
+void DBImpl::TEST_LockMutex() {
+  mutex_.Lock();
+}
+
+void DBImpl::TEST_UnlockMutex() {
+  mutex_.Unlock();
+}
+
+void* DBImpl::TEST_BeginWrite() {
+  auto w = new Writer(&mutex_);
+  w->batch = nullptr;
+  w->sync = false;
+  w->disableWAL = false;
+  w->in_batch_group = false;
+  w->done = false;
+  w->timeout_hint_us = kNoTimeOut;
+  Status s = BeginWrite(w, 0);
+  assert(s.ok() && !w->done);  // No timeout and nobody should do our job
+  return reinterpret_cast<void*>(w);
+}
+
+void DBImpl::TEST_EndWrite(void* w) {
+  auto writer = reinterpret_cast<Writer*>(w);
+  EndWrite(writer, writer, Status::OK());
+}
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index 570af31a51..5b913f43c1 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <set>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <thread>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <utility>
 
@@ -7894,6 +7895,26 @@ TEST(DBTest, DBIteratorBoundTest) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(DBTest, WriteSingleThreadEntry) {
+  std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+  dbfull()->TEST_LockMutex();
+  auto w = dbfull()->TEST_BeginWrite();
+  threads.emplace_back([&] { Put("a", "b"); });
+  env_->SleepForMicroseconds(10000);
+  threads.emplace_back([&] { Flush(); });
+  env_->SleepForMicroseconds(10000);
+  dbfull()->TEST_UnlockMutex();
+  dbfull()->TEST_LockMutex();
+  dbfull()->TEST_EndWrite(w);
+  dbfull()->TEST_UnlockMutex();
+
+  for (auto& t : threads) {
+    t.join();
+  }
+}
+
+
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {