diff --git a/src/wal/src/walUtil.c b/src/wal/src/walUtil.c
index 7d79a39f85abdde8d5038a03ed54fc1713f4f5bc..e4d9a555b3a60cb6be1e6584652ec4a309b1c301 100644
--- a/src/wal/src/walUtil.c
+++ b/src/wal/src/walUtil.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int32_t walGetNewFile(SWal *pWal, int64_t *newFileId) {
   }
   closedir(dir);
 
-  if (maxFileId == INT64_MAX) {
+  if (maxFileId == INT64_MIN) {
     *newFileId = 0;
   } else {
     *newFileId = maxFileId;