diff --git a/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go b/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
index 04d8bc2c4..1ee5e351c 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) collectOneVolumeFileIds(tempFolder string, dataNodeI
 			}
 			buf.Write(resp.FileContent)
 		}
+		fileredBuf := filterDeletedNeedleFromIdx(buf.Bytes())
 		if vinfo.isReadOnly == false {
-			index, err := idx.FirstInvalidIndex(buf.Bytes(), func(key types.NeedleId, offset types.Offset, size types.Size) (bool, error) {
+			index, err := idx.FirstInvalidIndex(fileredBuf.Bytes(), func(key types.NeedleId, offset types.Offset, size types.Size) (bool, error) {
 				resp, err := volumeServerClient.ReadNeedleMeta(context.Background(), &volume_server_pb.ReadNeedleMetaRequest{
 					VolumeId: volumeId,
 					NeedleId: uint64(key),
@@ -409,11 +410,11 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) collectOneVolumeFileIds(tempFolder string, dataNodeI
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Failed to search for last valid index on volume %d with error %v", volumeId, err)
 			} else {
-				buf.Truncate(index * types.NeedleMapEntrySize)
+				fileredBuf.Truncate(index * types.NeedleMapEntrySize)
 			}
 		}
 		idxFilename := getVolumeFileIdFile(tempFolder, dataNodeId, volumeId)
-		err = writeToFile(buf.Bytes(), idxFilename)
+		err = writeToFile(fileredBuf.Bytes(), idxFilename)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy %d%s from %s: %v", volumeId, ext, vinfo.server, err)
 		}
@@ -719,3 +720,14 @@ func writeToFile(bytes []byte, fileName string) error {
 	dst.Write(bytes)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func filterDeletedNeedleFromIdx(arr []byte) bytes.Buffer {
+	var filteredBuf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < len(arr); i += types.NeedleMapEntrySize {
+		size := types.BytesToSize(arr[i+types.NeedleIdSize+types.OffsetSize : i+types.NeedleIdSize+types.OffsetSize+types.SizeSize])
+		if size > 0 {
+			filteredBuf.Write(arr[i : i+types.NeedleIdSize+types.OffsetSize+types.SizeSize])
+		}
+	}
+	return filteredBuf
+}
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read.go b/weed/storage/volume_read.go
index 8b30bd5d4..b0e542284 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read.go
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ func (v *Volume) readNeedle(n *needle.Needle, readOption *ReadOption, onReadSize
 func (v *Volume) readNeedleMetaAt(n *needle.Needle, offset int64, size int32) (err error) {
 	v.dataFileAccessLock.RLock()
 	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.RUnlock()
-	// read deleted meta data
-	if size < 0 {
-		size = -size
-	}
 	err = n.ReadNeedleMeta(v.DataBackend, offset, Size(size), v.Version())
 	if err == needle.ErrorSizeMismatch && OffsetSize == 4 {
 		err = n.ReadNeedleMeta(v.DataBackend, offset+int64(MaxPossibleVolumeSize), Size(size), v.Version())