diff --git a/weed/admin/dash/ec_shard_management.go b/weed/admin/dash/ec_shard_management.go
index 00ca29bcf..ac8cb3a12 100644
--- a/weed/admin/dash/ec_shard_management.go
+++ b/weed/admin/dash/ec_shard_management.go
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ func (s *AdminServer) getVolumeHealthFromServer(server string, volumeID uint32)
 		} else if deletionResp != nil {
 			// Create health info with deletion data
 			healthInfo = &EcVolumeHealthInfo{
-				TotalSize:        totalSize, // May be 0 for EC-only volumes
+				TotalSize:        deletionResp.TotalSize, // Get total size from EC deletion info
 				DeletedByteCount: deletionResp.DeletedBytes,
 				FileCount:        fileCount,
 				DeleteCount:      deletionResp.DeletedCount,
diff --git a/weed/pb/volume_server.proto b/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
index 25c716637..b6dba5f28 100644
--- a/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
+++ b/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ message VolumeEcDeletionInfoResponse {
     uint64 deleted_bytes = 1;
     uint64 deleted_count = 2;
     repeated uint64 deleted_needle_ids = 3; // list of deleted needle IDs for debugging
+    uint64 total_size = 4; // total size of the EC volume in bytes
 }
 
 message ReadVolumeFileStatusRequest {
diff --git a/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go b/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
index 4488c7f25..4b8cc3d78 100644
--- a/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
+++ b/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
@@ -4125,6 +4125,7 @@ type VolumeEcDeletionInfoResponse struct {
 	DeletedBytes     uint64                 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=deleted_bytes,json=deletedBytes,proto3" json:"deleted_bytes,omitempty"`
 	DeletedCount     uint64                 `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=deleted_count,json=deletedCount,proto3" json:"deleted_count,omitempty"`
 	DeletedNeedleIds []uint64               `protobuf:"varint,3,rep,packed,name=deleted_needle_ids,json=deletedNeedleIds,proto3" json:"deleted_needle_ids,omitempty"` // list of deleted needle IDs for debugging
+	TotalSize        uint64                 `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=total_size,json=totalSize,proto3" json:"total_size,omitempty"`                               // total size of the EC volume in bytes
 	unknownFields    protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache        protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -4180,6 +4181,13 @@ func (x *VolumeEcDeletionInfoResponse) GetDeletedNeedleIds() []uint64 {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (x *VolumeEcDeletionInfoResponse) GetTotalSize() uint64 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.TotalSize
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type ReadVolumeFileStatusRequest struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	VolumeId      uint32                 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=volume_id,json=volumeId,proto3" json:"volume_id,omitempty"`
@@ -6602,11 +6610,13 @@ const file_volume_server_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"collection\x12\x1e\n" +
 	"\n" +
 	"generation\x18\x03 \x01(\rR\n" +
-	"generation\"\x96\x01\n" +
+	"generation\"\xb5\x01\n" +
 	"\x1cVolumeEcDeletionInfoResponse\x12#\n" +
 	"\rdeleted_bytes\x18\x01 \x01(\x04R\fdeletedBytes\x12#\n" +
 	"\rdeleted_count\x18\x02 \x01(\x04R\fdeletedCount\x12,\n" +
-	"\x12deleted_needle_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\x04R\x10deletedNeedleIds\":\n" +
+	"\x12deleted_needle_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\x04R\x10deletedNeedleIds\x12\x1d\n" +
+	"\n" +
+	"total_size\x18\x04 \x01(\x04R\ttotalSize\":\n" +
 	"\x1bReadVolumeFileStatusRequest\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tvolume_id\x18\x01 \x01(\rR\bvolumeId\"\xe3\x03\n" +
 	"\x1cReadVolumeFileStatusResponse\x12\x1b\n" +
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
index 74f9666eb..1fed1b5ce 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
@@ -561,9 +561,10 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeEcDeletionInfo(ctx context.Context, req *volume_se
 	resp.DeletedBytes = deletedBytes
 	resp.DeletedCount = deletedCount
 	resp.DeletedNeedleIds = deletedNeedleIds
+	resp.TotalSize = totalVolumeSize
 
-	glog.V(1).Infof("EC volume %d deletion info: %d deleted needles, %d deleted bytes",
-		req.VolumeId, deletedCount, deletedBytes)
+	glog.V(1).Infof("EC volume %d deletion info: %d deleted needles, %d deleted bytes, %d total bytes",
+		req.VolumeId, deletedCount, deletedBytes, totalVolumeSize)
 
 	return resp, nil
 }