diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
index 89fc85b0d..e758a6fee 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const (
 	TtlBytesLength          = 2
 )
 
+var ErrorSizeMismatch = errors.New("size mismatch")
+
 func (n *Needle) DiskSize(version Version) int64 {
 	return GetActualSize(n.Size, version)
 }
@@ -168,6 +170,11 @@ func ReadNeedleBlob(r backend.BackendStorageFile, offset int64, size Size, versi
 func (n *Needle) ReadBytes(bytes []byte, offset int64, size Size, version Version) (err error) {
 	n.ParseNeedleHeader(bytes)
 	if n.Size != size {
+		// cookie is not always passed in for this API. Use size to do preliminary checking.
+		if OffsetSize == 4 && offset < int64(MaxPossibleVolumeSize) {
+			glog.Errorf("entry not found1: offset %d found id %x size %d, expected size %d", offset, n.Id, n.Size, size)
+			return ErrorSizeMismatch
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("entry not found: offset %d found id %x size %d, expected size %d", offset, n.Id, n.Size, size)
 	}
 	switch version {
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
index 94c1d0ea1..b4ffc8319 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 var ErrorNotFound = errors.New("not found")
 var ErrorDeleted = errors.New("already deleted")
+var ErrorSizeMismatch = errors.New("size mismatch")
 
 // isFileUnchanged checks whether this needle to write is same as last one.
 // It requires serialized access in the same volume.
@@ -274,6 +275,9 @@ func (v *Volume) readNeedle(n *needle.Needle, readOption *ReadOption) (int, erro
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 	err := n.ReadData(v.DataBackend, nv.Offset.ToAcutalOffset(), readSize, v.Version())
+	if err == needle.ErrorSizeMismatch && OffsetSize == 4 {
+		err = n.ReadData(v.DataBackend, nv.Offset.ToAcutalOffset()+int64(MaxPossibleVolumeSize), readSize, v.Version())
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}