diff --git a/weed/storage/disk_location.go b/weed/storage/disk_location.go
index 377189c56..b7fa82197 100644
--- a/weed/storage/disk_location.go
+++ b/weed/storage/disk_location.go
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ func (l *DiskLocation) loadExistingVolume(dirEntry os.DirEntry, needleMapKind Ne
 	}
 
 	l.SetVolume(vid, v)
-	stats.VolumeServerVolumeCounter.WithLabelValues(v.Collection, "volume", v.DiskType().ReadableString()).Inc()
 
 	size, _, _ := v.FileStat()
 	glog.V(0).Infof("data file %s, replication=%s v=%d size=%d ttl=%s",
diff --git a/weed/storage/erasure_coding/ec_shard.go b/weed/storage/erasure_coding/ec_shard.go
index 08a50ebf7..85694e63b 100644
--- a/weed/storage/erasure_coding/ec_shard.go
+++ b/weed/storage/erasure_coding/ec_shard.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
+
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index 9e8f30d99..6b4467abc 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ func (s *Store) addVolume(vid needle.VolumeId, collection string, needleMapKind
 			location.Directory, vid, collection, replicaPlacement, ttl)
 		if volume, err := NewVolume(location.Directory, location.IdxDirectory, collection, vid, needleMapKind, replicaPlacement, ttl, preallocate, memoryMapMaxSizeMb, ldbTimeout); err == nil {
 			location.SetVolume(vid, volume)
-			stats.VolumeServerVolumeCounter.WithLabelValues(volume.Collection, "volume", volume.DiskType().ReadableString()).Inc()
 			glog.V(0).Infof("add volume %d", vid)
 			s.NewVolumesChan <- master_pb.VolumeShortInformationMessage{
 				Id:               uint32(vid),
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
index d7ed0acb0..e7018d52c 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/backend"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/super_block"
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ func (v *Volume) load(alsoLoadIndex bool, createDatIfMissing bool, needleMapKind
 		}
 	}
 
+	stats.VolumeServerVolumeCounter.WithLabelValues(v.Collection, "volume", v.DiskType().ReadableString()).Inc()
+
 	if err == nil {
 		hasLoadedVolume = true
 	}