diff --git a/source/libs/wal/src/walMgmt.c b/source/libs/wal/src/walMgmt.c
index 3b23a2db80..d8a58efe4e 100644
--- a/source/libs/wal/src/walMgmt.c
+++ b/source/libs/wal/src/walMgmt.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static int32_t walInitLock(SWal *pWal) {
 }
 
 SWal *walOpen(const char *path, SWalCfg *pCfg) {
-  SWal *pWal = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SWal));
+  int32_t code = 0;
+  SWal   *pWal = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SWal));
   if (pWal == NULL) {
     terrno = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
     return NULL;
@@ -160,17 +161,20 @@ SWal *walOpen(const char *path, SWalCfg *pCfg) {
   pWal->writeHead.magic = WAL_MAGIC;
 
   // load meta
-  if (walLoadMeta(pWal) < 0) {
-    wInfo("vgId:%d, failed to load meta since %s", pWal->cfg.vgId, tstrerror(terrno));
+  code = walLoadMeta(pWal);
+  if (code < 0) {
+    wWarn("vgId:%d, failed to load meta since %s", pWal->cfg.vgId, tstrerror(code));
   }
 
-  if (walCheckAndRepairMeta(pWal) < 0) {
-    wError("vgId:%d, cannot open wal since repair meta file failed", pWal->cfg.vgId);
+  code = walCheckAndRepairMeta(pWal);
+  if (code < 0) {
+    wError("vgId:%d, cannot open wal since repair meta file failed since %s", pWal->cfg.vgId, tstrerror(code));
     goto _err;
   }
 
-  if (walCheckAndRepairIdx(pWal) < 0) {
-    wError("vgId:%d, cannot open wal since repair idx file failed", pWal->cfg.vgId);
+  code = walCheckAndRepairIdx(pWal);
+  if (code < 0) {
+    wError("vgId:%d, cannot open wal since repair idx file failed since %s", pWal->cfg.vgId, tstrerror(code));
     goto _err;
   }