diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v2.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v2.go
index 82cb50e88..8ec7c666b 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v2.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v2.go
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func writeNeedleV2(n *Needle, offset uint64, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer) (size Size, actualSize int64, err error) {
+	return writeNeedleCommon(n, offset, bytesBuffer, Version2, func(n *Needle, header []byte, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer, padding int) {
+		util.Uint32toBytes(header[0:NeedleChecksumSize], uint32(n.Checksum))
+		bytesBuffer.Write(header[0 : NeedleChecksumSize+padding])
+	})
+}
+
+func writeNeedleCommon(n *Needle, offset uint64, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer, version Version, writeFooter func(n *Needle, header []byte, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer, padding int)) (size Size, actualSize int64, err error) {
 	bytesBuffer.Reset()
 	header := make([]byte, NeedleHeaderSize+TimestampSize)
 	CookieToBytes(header[0:CookieSize], n.Cookie)
@@ -71,11 +78,9 @@ func writeNeedleV2(n *Needle, offset uint64, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer) (size Si
 			bytesBuffer.Write(n.Pairs)
 		}
 	}
-	padding := PaddingLength(n.Size, Version2)
-	util.Uint32toBytes(header[0:NeedleChecksumSize], uint32(n.Checksum))
-	bytesBuffer.Write(header[0 : NeedleChecksumSize+padding])
-
+	padding := PaddingLength(n.Size, version)
+	writeFooter(n, header, bytesBuffer, int(padding))
 	size = Size(n.DataSize)
-	actualSize = GetActualSize(n.Size, Version2)
+	actualSize = GetActualSize(n.Size, version)
 	return size, actualSize, nil
 }
diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v3.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v3.go
index 20a6256cc..0146f1eb8 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v3.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_write_v3.go
@@ -2,81 +2,15 @@ package needle
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"math"
 
 	. "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
 func writeNeedleV3(n *Needle, offset uint64, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer) (size Size, actualSize int64, err error) {
-	bytesBuffer.Reset()
-	header := make([]byte, NeedleHeaderSize+TimestampSize)
-	CookieToBytes(header[0:CookieSize], n.Cookie)
-	NeedleIdToBytes(header[CookieSize:CookieSize+NeedleIdSize], n.Id)
-	if len(n.Name) >= math.MaxUint8 {
-		n.NameSize = math.MaxUint8
-	} else {
-		n.NameSize = uint8(len(n.Name))
-	}
-	n.DataSize, n.MimeSize = uint32(len(n.Data)), uint8(len(n.Mime))
-	if n.DataSize > 0 {
-		n.Size = 4 + Size(n.DataSize) + 1
-		if n.HasName() {
-			n.Size = n.Size + 1 + Size(n.NameSize)
-		}
-		if n.HasMime() {
-			n.Size = n.Size + 1 + Size(n.MimeSize)
-		}
-		if n.HasLastModifiedDate() {
-			n.Size = n.Size + LastModifiedBytesLength
-		}
-		if n.HasTtl() {
-			n.Size = n.Size + TtlBytesLength
-		}
-		if n.HasPairs() {
-			n.Size += 2 + Size(n.PairsSize)
-		}
-	} else {
-		n.Size = 0
-	}
-	SizeToBytes(header[CookieSize+NeedleIdSize:CookieSize+NeedleIdSize+SizeSize], n.Size)
-	bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:NeedleHeaderSize])
-	if n.DataSize > 0 {
-		util.Uint32toBytes(header[0:4], n.DataSize)
-		bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:4])
-		bytesBuffer.Write(n.Data)
-		util.Uint8toBytes(header[0:1], n.Flags)
-		bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:1])
-		if n.HasName() {
-			util.Uint8toBytes(header[0:1], n.NameSize)
-			bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:1])
-			bytesBuffer.Write(n.Name[:n.NameSize])
-		}
-		if n.HasMime() {
-			util.Uint8toBytes(header[0:1], n.MimeSize)
-			bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:1])
-			bytesBuffer.Write(n.Mime)
-		}
-		if n.HasLastModifiedDate() {
-			util.Uint64toBytes(header[0:8], n.LastModified)
-			bytesBuffer.Write(header[8-LastModifiedBytesLength : 8])
-		}
-		if n.HasTtl() && n.Ttl != nil {
-			n.Ttl.ToBytes(header[0:TtlBytesLength])
-			bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:TtlBytesLength])
-		}
-		if n.HasPairs() {
-			util.Uint16toBytes(header[0:2], n.PairsSize)
-			bytesBuffer.Write(header[0:2])
-			bytesBuffer.Write(n.Pairs)
-		}
-	}
-	padding := PaddingLength(n.Size, Version3)
-	util.Uint32toBytes(header[0:NeedleChecksumSize], uint32(n.Checksum))
-	util.Uint64toBytes(header[NeedleChecksumSize:NeedleChecksumSize+TimestampSize], n.AppendAtNs)
-	bytesBuffer.Write(header[0 : NeedleChecksumSize+TimestampSize+padding])
-
-	size = Size(n.DataSize)
-	actualSize = GetActualSize(n.Size, Version3)
-	return size, actualSize, nil
+	return writeNeedleCommon(n, offset, bytesBuffer, Version3, func(n *Needle, header []byte, bytesBuffer *bytes.Buffer, padding int) {
+		util.Uint32toBytes(header[0:NeedleChecksumSize], uint32(n.Checksum))
+		util.Uint64toBytes(header[NeedleChecksumSize:NeedleChecksumSize+TimestampSize], n.AppendAtNs)
+		bytesBuffer.Write(header[0 : NeedleChecksumSize+TimestampSize+padding])
+	})
 }