diff --git a/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go b/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
index 9275556cb..f012f443d 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle_map_leveldb.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (m *LevelDbNeedleMap) DoOffsetLoading(v *Volume, indexFile *os.File, startF
 
 	}()
 	if dbErr != nil {
-		if errors.IsCorrupted(err) {
+		if errors.IsCorrupted(dbErr) {
 			db, dbErr = leveldb.RecoverFile(dbFileName, nil)
 		}
 		if dbErr != nil {