diff --git a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
index 675b6e19d..31919ca49 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ func (store *LevelDBStore) initialize(dir string) (err error) {
 		if errors.IsCorrupted(err) {
 			store.db, err = leveldb.RecoverFile(dir, opts)
 		}
-		glog.Infof("filer store open dir %s: %v", dir, err)
-		return
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Infof("filer store open dir %s: %v", dir, err)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go b/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
index ee223425e..63485522d 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ func NewLevelDbNeedleMap(dbFileName string, indexFile *os.File, opts *opt.Option
 		if errors.IsCorrupted(err) {
 			m.db, err = leveldb.RecoverFile(dbFileName, opts)
 		}
-		return
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 	glog.V(1).Infof("Loading %s...", indexFile.Name())
 	mm, indexLoadError := newNeedleMapMetricFromIndexFile(indexFile)