diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
index 4e7edfb31..8dde43701 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package needle
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/backend"
 	. "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ func (n *Needle) ReadNeedleData(r backend.BackendStorageFile, volumeOffset int64
 
 // ReadNeedleMeta fills all metadata except the n.Data
 func (n *Needle) ReadNeedleMeta(r backend.BackendStorageFile, offset int64, size Size, version Version) (err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("panic occurred: %+v", r)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	bytes := make([]byte, NeedleHeaderSize+DataSizeSize)