diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
index fd9db2246..5ca6619bd 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) FetchAndWriteNeedle(ctx context.Context, req *volume_ser
 	// copied from *Needle.prepareWriteBuffer()
 	n.Size = 4 + types.Size(n.DataSize) + 1
 	n.Checksum = needle.NewCRC(n.Data)
-	if _, err = vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n, false); err != nil {
+	if _, err = vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n, true, false); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("write needle %d size %d: %v", req.NeedleId, req.Size, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
index 6c039ebf5..3ea902ed3 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeTailReceiver(ctx context.Context, req *volume_serv
 	defer glog.V(1).Infof("receive tailing volume %d finished", v.Id)
 
 	return resp, operation.TailVolumeFromSource(req.SourceVolumeServer, vs.grpcDialOption, v.Id, req.SinceNs, int(req.IdleTimeoutSeconds), func(n *needle.Needle) error {
-		_, err := vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n, false)
+		_, err := vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n, false, false)
 		return err
 	})
 
diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index c407a6081..fe3ec1912 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ func (s *Store) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Store) WriteVolumeNeedle(i needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle, fsync bool) (isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func (s *Store) WriteVolumeNeedle(i needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool, fsync bool) (isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 	if v := s.findVolume(i); v != nil {
 		if v.IsReadOnly() {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("volume %d is read only", i)
 			return
 		}
-		_, _, isUnchanged, err = v.writeNeedle2(n, fsync && s.isStopping)
+		_, _, isUnchanged, err = v.writeNeedle2(n, checkCookie, fsync && s.isStopping)
 		return
 	}
 	glog.V(0).Infoln("volume", i, "not found!")
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_vacuum_test.go b/weed/storage/volume_vacuum_test.go
index 89fff4b2b..c9596d11d 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_vacuum_test.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_vacuum_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestCompaction(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func doSomeWritesDeletes(i int, v *Volume, t *testing.T, infos []*needleInfo) {
 	n := newRandomNeedle(uint64(i))
-	_, size, _, err := v.writeNeedle2(n, false)
+	_, size, _, err := v.writeNeedle2(n, true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("write file %d: %v", i, err)
 	}
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_write.go b/weed/storage/volume_write.go
index ad3dad388..794b1c125 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_write.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (v *Volume) asyncRequestAppend(request *needle.AsyncRequest) {
 	v.asyncRequestsChan <- request
 }
 
-func (v *Volume) syncWrite(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func (v *Volume) syncWrite(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
 	actualSize := needle.GetActualSize(Size(len(n.Data)), v.Version())
 
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ func (v *Volume) syncWrite(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchan
 		return
 	}
 
-	return v.doWriteRequest(n)
+	return v.doWriteRequest(n, checkCookie)
 }
 
-func (v *Volume) writeNeedle2(n *needle.Needle, fsync bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func (v *Volume) writeNeedle2(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool, fsync bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
 	if n.Ttl == needle.EMPTY_TTL && v.Ttl != needle.EMPTY_TTL {
 		n.SetHasTtl()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (v *Volume) writeNeedle2(n *needle.Needle, fsync bool) (offset uint64, size
 	}
 
 	if !fsync {
-		return v.syncWrite(n)
+		return v.syncWrite(n, checkCookie)
 	} else {
 		asyncRequest := needle.NewAsyncRequest(n, true)
 		// using len(n.Data) here instead of n.Size before n.Size is populated in n.Append()
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (v *Volume) writeNeedle2(n *needle.Needle, fsync bool) (offset uint64, size
 	}
 }
 
-func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle, checkCookie bool) (offset uint64, size Size, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 	// glog.V(4).Infof("writing needle %s", needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n).String())
 	if v.isFileUnchanged(n) {
 		size = Size(n.DataSize)
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ func (v *Volume) doWriteRequest(n *needle.Needle) (offset uint64, size Size, isU
 			err = fmt.Errorf("reading existing needle: %v", existingNeedleReadErr)
 			return
 		}
-		if n.Cookie == 0 {
+		if n.Cookie == 0 && !checkCookie {
 			// this is from batch deletion, and read back again when tailing a remote volume
+			// which only happens when checkCookie == false and fsync == false
 			n.Cookie = existingNeedle.Cookie
-		} else if existingNeedle.Cookie != n.Cookie {
+		}
+		if existingNeedle.Cookie != n.Cookie {
 			glog.V(0).Infof("write cookie mismatch: existing %s, new %s",
 				needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, existingNeedle), needle.NewFileIdFromNeedle(v.Id, n))
 			err = fmt.Errorf("mismatching cookie %x", n.Cookie)
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func (v *Volume) startWorker() {
 
 			for i := 0; i < len(currentRequests); i++ {
 				if currentRequests[i].IsWriteRequest {
-					offset, size, isUnchanged, err := v.doWriteRequest(currentRequests[i].N)
+					offset, size, isUnchanged, err := v.doWriteRequest(currentRequests[i].N, true)
 					currentRequests[i].UpdateResult(offset, uint64(size), isUnchanged, err)
 				} else {
 					size, err := v.doDeleteRequest(currentRequests[i].N)
diff --git a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
index 061c5a12c..b114b468d 100644
--- a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
+++ b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterFn operation.GetMasterFn, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOpt
 	}
 
 	if s.GetVolume(volumeId) != nil {
-		isUnchanged, err = s.WriteVolumeNeedle(volumeId, n, fsync)
+		isUnchanged, err = s.WriteVolumeNeedle(volumeId, n, true, fsync)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to local disk: %v", err)
 			glog.V(0).Infoln(err)