diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
index 98eb71c06..29d84f3a9 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ func doCheckAndFixVolumeData(v *Volume, indexFile *os.File, indexOffset int64) (
 	}
 	if size < 0 {
 		// read the deletion entry
-		if lastAppendAtNs, err = verifyDeletedNeedleIntegrity(v.DataBackend, v.Version(), key); err != nil {
-			return lastAppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("verifyNeedleIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), err)
+		if lastAppendAtNs, err = verifyDeletedNeedleIntegrity(v.DataBackend, v.Version(), offset.ToActualOffset(), key); err != nil {
+			return lastAppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("verifyDeletedNeedleIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		if lastAppendAtNs, err = verifyNeedleIntegrity(v.DataBackend, v.Version(), offset.ToActualOffset(), key, size); err != nil {
@@ -241,16 +241,11 @@ func verifyNeedleIntegrity(datFile backend.BackendStorageFile, v needle.Version,
 	return n.AppendAtNs, err
 }
 
-func verifyDeletedNeedleIntegrity(datFile backend.BackendStorageFile, v needle.Version, key types.NeedleId) (lastAppendAtNs uint64, err error) {
+func verifyDeletedNeedleIntegrity(datFile backend.BackendStorageFile, v needle.Version, offset int64, key types.NeedleId) (lastAppendAtNs uint64, err error) {
 	n := new(needle.Needle)
-	size := n.DiskSize(v)
-	var fileSize int64
-	fileSize, _, err = datFile.GetStat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("GetStat: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err = n.ReadData(datFile, fileSize-size, types.Size(0), v); err != nil {
-		return n.AppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("read data [%d,%d) : %v", fileSize-size, size, err)
+	size := types.TombstoneFileSize
+	if err = n.ReadData(datFile, offset, size, v); err != nil {
+		return n.AppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("read data [%d,%d) : %v", offset, offset+needle.GetActualSize(size, v), err)
 	}
 	if n.Id != key {
 		return n.AppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("index key %v does not match needle's Id %v", key, n.Id)