diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
index d12b4bfd1..fa1f7d617 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ func (v *Volume) load(alsoLoadIndex bool, createDatIfMissing bool, needleMapKind
 	fileName := v.FileName()
 	alreadyHasSuperBlock := false
 
-	v.maybeLoadVolumeInfo()
+	if !v.maybeLoadVolumeInfo() {
+		v.SaveVolumeInfo()
+	}
 
 	if v.HasRemoteFile() {
 		v.noWriteCanDelete = true
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_tier.go b/weed/storage/volume_tier.go
index 90bd75de6..f87b0efcd 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_tier.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_tier.go
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ func (v *Volume) GetVolumeInfo() *volume_server_pb.VolumeInfo {
 	return v.volumeInfo
 }
 
-func (v *Volume) maybeLoadVolumeInfo() {
-
-	var found bool
+func (v *Volume) maybeLoadVolumeInfo() (found bool){
 
 	v.volumeInfo, found = pb.MaybeLoadVolumeInfo(v.FileName() + ".vif")
 
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@ func (v *Volume) maybeLoadVolumeInfo() {
 		v.hasRemoteFile = true
 	}
 
+	return
+
 }
 
 func (v *Volume) HasRemoteFile() bool {