diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read.go
index 55d0cc893..620591898 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var ErrorSizeMismatch = errors.New("size mismatch")
+var ErrorSizeInvalid = errors.New("size invalid")
 
 func (n *Needle) DiskSize(version Version) int64 {
 	return GetActualSize(n.Size, version)
diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
index 47c3461bb..4e7edfb31 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_page.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ func (n *Needle) ReadNeedleMeta(r backend.BackendStorageFile, offset int64, size
 			return ErrorSizeMismatch
 		}
 	}
+	if !n.Size.IsValid() {
+		return ErrorSizeInvalid
+	}
 	n.DataSize = util.BytesToUint32(bytes[NeedleHeaderSize : NeedleHeaderSize+DataSizeSize])
 
 	startOffset := offset + NeedleHeaderSize + DataSizeSize + int64(n.DataSize)