diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
index 2cc2fd9ef0712..538272dc00db6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
@@ -1120,10 +1120,15 @@ private[spark] class BlockManager(
             "the disk, memory, or external block store")
         }
         blockInfo.remove(blockId)
+        val status = getCurrentBlockStatus(blockId, info)
         if (tellMaster && info.tellMaster) {
-          val status = getCurrentBlockStatus(blockId, info)
           reportBlockStatus(blockId, info, status)
         }
+        Option(TaskContext.get()).foreach { tc =>
+          val metrics = tc.taskMetrics()
+          val lastUpdatedBlocks = metrics.updatedBlocks.getOrElse(Seq[(BlockId, BlockStatus)]())
+          metrics.updatedBlocks = Some(lastUpdatedBlocks ++ Seq((blockId, status)))
+        }
       }
     } else {
       // The block has already been removed; do nothing.
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManagerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManagerSuite.scala
index 53991d8a1aede..c00591fa371aa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManagerSuite.scala
@@ -895,6 +895,17 @@ class BlockManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterE
     val list = List.fill(2)(new Array[Byte](2000))
     val bigList = List.fill(8)(new Array[Byte](2000))
 
+    def getUpdatedBlocks(task: => Unit): Seq[(BlockId, BlockStatus)] = {
+      val context = TaskContext.empty()
+      try {
+        TaskContext.setTaskContext(context)
+        task
+      } finally {
+        TaskContext.unset()
+      }
+      context.taskMetrics.updatedBlocks.getOrElse(Seq[(BlockId, BlockStatus)]())
+    }
+
     // 1 updated block (i.e. list1)
     val updatedBlocks1 =
       store.putIterator("list1", list.iterator, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY, tellMaster = true)
@@ -954,6 +965,16 @@ class BlockManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterE
     assert(!store.diskStore.contains("list3"), "list3 was in disk store")
     assert(!store.diskStore.contains("list4"), "list4 was in disk store")
     assert(!store.diskStore.contains("list5"), "list5 was in disk store")
+
+    // remove block - list2 should be removed from disk
+    val updatedBlocks6 = getUpdatedBlocks {
+      store.removeBlock(
+        "list2", tellMaster = true)
+    }
+    assert(updatedBlocks6.size === 1)
+    assert(updatedBlocks6.head._1 === TestBlockId("list2"))
+    assert(updatedBlocks6.head._2.storageLevel == StorageLevel.NONE)
+    assert(!store.diskStore.contains("list2"), "list2 was in disk store")
   }
 
   test("query block statuses") {