diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
index 00ce0aab1..d424010f1 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ func CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v *Volume, indexFile *os.File) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("readLastIndexEntry %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
 	}
 	key, offset, size := idxFileEntry(lastIdxEntry)
+	//deleted index entry could not point to deleted needle
+	if offset == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if e = verifyNeedleIntegrity(v.dataFile, v.Version(), int64(offset)*NeedlePaddingSize, key, size); e != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("verifyNeedleIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
 	}