diff --git a/weed/shell/command_ec_encode.go b/weed/shell/command_ec_encode.go
index 39ca39a4f..fd01ac700 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_ec_encode.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_ec_encode.go
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ func parallelCopyEcShardsFromSource(grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption, targetServer
 			server.addEcVolumeShards(volumeId, collection, copiedShardIds)
 		}
 	}
+	cleanupFunc := func(server *EcNode, allocatedEcShardIds []uint32) {
+		if err := unmountEcShards(grpcDialOption, volumeId, pb.NewServerAddressFromDataNode(server.info), allocatedEcShardIds); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("unmount aborted shards %d.%v on %s: %v\n", volumeId, allocatedEcShardIds, server.info.Id, err)
+		}
+		if err := sourceServerDeleteEcShards(grpcDialOption, collection, volumeId, pb.NewServerAddressFromDataNode(server.info), allocatedEcShardIds); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("remove aborted shards %d.%v on %s: %v\n", volumeId, allocatedEcShardIds, server.info.Id, err)
+		}
+	}
 
 	// maybe parallelize
 	for i, server := range targetServers {
@@ -221,6 +229,12 @@ func parallelCopyEcShardsFromSource(grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption, targetServer
 	close(shardIdChan)
 
 	if err != nil {
+		for i, server := range targetServers {
+			if len(allocatedEcIds[i]) <= 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+			cleanupFunc(server, allocatedEcIds[i])
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}