diff --git a/src/wal/src/walMain.c b/src/wal/src/walMain.c
index 1cdf34930b..5d7f8ee20b 100644
--- a/src/wal/src/walMain.c
+++ b/src/wal/src/walMain.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int walRestoreWalFile(SWal *pWal, void *pVnode, FWalWrite writeFp) {
     if (!taosCheckChecksumWhole((uint8_t *)pHead, sizeof(SWalHead))) {
       wWarn("wal:%s, cksum is messed up, skip the rest of file", name);
       terrno = TSDB_CODE_WAL_FILE_CORRUPTED;
-      ASSERT(false);
+      // ASSERT(false);
       break;
     }