diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
index a2606839b..ec868aa9c 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeEcShardRead(req *volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardRea
 	if !found {
 		return fmt.Errorf("VolumeEcShardRead not found ec volume id %d", req.VolumeId)
 	}
+
+	// Validate generation matches the request
+	requestedGeneration := req.Generation
+	if ecVolume.Generation != requestedGeneration {
+		return fmt.Errorf("VolumeEcShardRead volume %d generation mismatch: requested %d, found %d",
+			req.VolumeId, requestedGeneration, ecVolume.Generation)
+	}
 	ecShard, found := ecVolume.FindEcVolumeShard(erasure_coding.ShardId(req.ShardId))
 	if !found {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not found ec shard %d.%d", req.VolumeId, req.ShardId)
diff --git a/weed/storage/store_ec.go b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
index 493ad660d..ee88524d7 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store_ec.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (s *Store) readOneEcShardInterval(needleId types.NeedleId, ecVolume *erasur
 
 		// try reading directly
 		if hasShardIdLocation {
-			_, is_deleted, err = s.readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes, needleId, ecVolume.VolumeId, shardId, data, actualOffset)
+			_, is_deleted, err = s.readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes, needleId, ecVolume.VolumeId, shardId, data, actualOffset, ecVolume.Generation)
 			if err == nil {
 				return
 			}
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (s *Store) cachedLookupEcShardLocations(ecVolume *erasure_coding.EcVolume)
 	return
 }
 
-func (s *Store) readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes []pb.ServerAddress, needleId types.NeedleId, vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, buf []byte, offset int64) (n int, is_deleted bool, err error) {
+func (s *Store) readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes []pb.ServerAddress, needleId types.NeedleId, vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, buf []byte, offset int64, generation uint32) (n int, is_deleted bool, err error) {
 
 	if len(sourceDataNodes) == 0 {
 		return 0, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to find ec shard %d.%d", vid, shardId)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (s *Store) readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes []pb.ServerAddress, ne
 
 	for _, sourceDataNode := range sourceDataNodes {
 		glog.V(3).Infof("read remote ec shard %d.%d from %s", vid, shardId, sourceDataNode)
-		n, is_deleted, err = s.doReadRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNode, needleId, vid, shardId, buf, offset)
+		n, is_deleted, err = s.doReadRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNode, needleId, vid, shardId, buf, offset, generation)
 		if err == nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -304,17 +304,18 @@ func (s *Store) readRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNodes []pb.ServerAddress, ne
 	return
 }
 
-func (s *Store) doReadRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNode pb.ServerAddress, needleId types.NeedleId, vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, buf []byte, offset int64) (n int, is_deleted bool, err error) {
+func (s *Store) doReadRemoteEcShardInterval(sourceDataNode pb.ServerAddress, needleId types.NeedleId, vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, buf []byte, offset int64, generation uint32) (n int, is_deleted bool, err error) {
 
 	err = operation.WithVolumeServerClient(false, sourceDataNode, s.grpcDialOption, func(client volume_server_pb.VolumeServerClient) error {
 
 		// copy data slice
 		shardReadClient, err := client.VolumeEcShardRead(context.Background(), &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardReadRequest{
-			VolumeId: uint32(vid),
-			ShardId:  uint32(shardId),
-			Offset:   offset,
-			Size:     int64(len(buf)),
-			FileKey:  uint64(needleId),
+			VolumeId:   uint32(vid),
+			ShardId:    uint32(shardId),
+			Offset:     offset,
+			Size:       int64(len(buf)),
+			FileKey:    uint64(needleId),
+			Generation: generation, // pass generation to read from correct EC volume
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start reading ec shard %d.%d from %s: %v", vid, shardId, sourceDataNode, err)
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ func (s *Store) recoverOneRemoteEcShardInterval(needleId types.NeedleId, ecVolum
 		go func(shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, locations []pb.ServerAddress) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			data := make([]byte, len(buf))
-			nRead, isDeleted, readErr := s.readRemoteEcShardInterval(locations, needleId, ecVolume.VolumeId, shardId, data, offset)
+			nRead, isDeleted, readErr := s.readRemoteEcShardInterval(locations, needleId, ecVolume.VolumeId, shardId, data, offset, ecVolume.Generation)
 			if readErr != nil {
 				glog.V(3).Infof("recover: readRemoteEcShardInterval %d.%d %d bytes from %+v: %v", ecVolume.VolumeId, shardId, nRead, locations, readErr)
 				forgetShardId(ecVolume, shardId)