diff --git a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
index 091bbee5a..4eb657dfa 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filechunk_manifest.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package filer
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
+
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ func ResolveChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, chun
 
 		resolvedChunks, err := ResolveOneChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn, chunk)
 		if err != nil {
-			return chunks, nil, err
+			return dataChunks, nil, err
 		}
 
 		manifestChunks = append(manifestChunks, chunk)
 		// recursive
 		subDataChunks, subManifestChunks, subErr := ResolveChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn, resolvedChunks, startOffset, stopOffset)
 		if subErr != nil {
-			return chunks, nil, subErr
+			return dataChunks, nil, subErr
 		}
 		dataChunks = append(dataChunks, subDataChunks...)
 		manifestChunks = append(manifestChunks, subManifestChunks...)
diff --git a/weed/filer/filechunks.go b/weed/filer/filechunks.go
index 208ef8095..48b344bf8 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filechunks.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filechunks.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package filer
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"math"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@ func MergeIntoVisibles(visibles []VisibleInterval, chunk *filer_pb.FileChunk) (n
 func NonOverlappingVisibleIntervals(lookupFileIdFn wdclient.LookupFileIdFunctionType, chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk, startOffset int64, stopOffset int64) (visibles []VisibleInterval, err error) {
 
 	chunks, _, err = ResolveChunkManifest(lookupFileIdFn, chunks, startOffset, stopOffset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	visibles2 := readResolvedChunks(chunks)