diff --git a/weed/shell/command_volume_server_evacuate.go b/weed/shell/command_volume_server_evacuate.go
index b6d702e3a..c9c0033c1 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_volume_server_evacuate.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_volume_server_evacuate.go
@@ -208,17 +208,22 @@ func (c *commandVolumeServerEvacuate) moveAwayOneEcVolume(commandEnv *CommandEnv
 }
 
 func moveAwayOneNormalVolume(commandEnv *CommandEnv, volumeReplicas map[uint32][]*VolumeReplica, vol *master_pb.VolumeInformationMessage, thisNode *Node, otherNodes []*Node, applyChange bool) (hasMoved bool, err error) {
-	fn := capacityByFreeVolumeCount(types.ToDiskType(vol.DiskType))
+	freeVolumeCountfn := capacityByFreeVolumeCount(types.ToDiskType(vol.DiskType))
+	maxVolumeCountFn := capacityByMaxVolumeCount(types.ToDiskType(vol.DiskType))
 	for _, n := range otherNodes {
 		n.selectVolumes(func(v *master_pb.VolumeInformationMessage) bool {
 			return v.DiskType == vol.DiskType
 		})
 	}
+	// most empty one is in the front
 	slices.SortFunc(otherNodes, func(a, b *Node) bool {
-		return a.localVolumeRatio(fn) < b.localVolumeRatio(fn)
+		return a.localVolumeRatio(maxVolumeCountFn) < b.localVolumeRatio(maxVolumeCountFn)
 	})
 	for i := 0; i < len(otherNodes); i++ {
 		emptyNode := otherNodes[i]
+		if freeVolumeCountfn(emptyNode.info) < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
 		hasMoved, err = maybeMoveOneVolume(commandEnv, volumeReplicas, thisNode, vol, emptyNode, applyChange)
 		if err != nil {
 			return