diff --git a/src/wal/src/walWrite.c b/src/wal/src/walWrite.c
index 09b65fa567a96be4978fc0a4b4f62b9e1da2de34..4440e3f0de5136566537905ec938951b709292da 100644
--- a/src/wal/src/walWrite.c
+++ b/src/wal/src/walWrite.c
@@ -189,6 +189,40 @@ int32_t walGetWalFile(void *handle, char *fileName, int64_t *fileId) {
   return code;
 }
 
+static void walFtruncate(SWal *pWal, int32_t fd, int64_t offset) {
+  taosFtruncate(fd, offset);
+  fsync(fd);
+}
+
+static int32_t walSkipCorruptedRecord(SWal *pWal, SWalHead *pHead, int32_t fd, int64_t *offset) {
+  int64_t pos = *offset;
+  while (1) {
+    pos++;
+
+    if (lseek(fd, pos, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
+      wError("vgId:%d, failed to seek from corrupted wal file since %s", pWal->vgId, strerror(errno));
+      return TSDB_CODE_WAL_FILE_CORRUPTED;
+    }
+
+    if (taosTRead(fd, pHead, sizeof(SWalHead)) <= 0) {
+      wError("vgId:%d, read to end of corrupted wal file, offset:%" PRId64, pWal->vgId, pos);
+      return TSDB_CODE_WAL_FILE_CORRUPTED;
+    }
+
+    if (pHead->signature != WAL_SIGNATURE) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (taosCheckChecksumWhole((uint8_t *)pHead, sizeof(SWalHead))) {
+      wInfo("vgId:%d, wal head cksum check passed, offset:%" PRId64, pWal->vgId, pos);
+      *offset = pos;
+      return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TSDB_CODE_WAL_FILE_CORRUPTED;
+}
+
 static int32_t walRestoreWalFile(SWal *pWal, void *pVnode, FWalWrite writeFp, char *name) {
   int32_t size = WAL_MAX_SIZE;
   void *  buffer = tmalloc(size);
@@ -222,16 +256,18 @@ static int32_t walRestoreWalFile(SWal *pWal, void *pVnode, FWalWrite writeFp, ch
 
     if (ret < sizeof(SWalHead)) {
       wError("vgId:%d, file:%s, failed to read wal head, ret is %d", pWal->vgId, name, ret);
-      taosFtruncate(fd, offset);
-      fsync(fd);
+      walFtruncate(pWal, fd, offset);
       break;
     }
 
     if (!taosCheckChecksumWhole((uint8_t *)pHead, sizeof(SWalHead))) {
-      wError("vgId:%d, file:%s, wal head cksum is messed up, offset:%" PRId64, pWal->vgId, name, offset);
-      code = TSDB_CODE_WAL_FILE_CORRUPTED;
-      ASSERT(false);
-      break;
+      wError("vgId:%d, file:%s, wal head cksum is messed up, ver:%" PRIu64 " len:%d offset:%" PRId64, pWal->vgId, name,
+             pHead->version, pHead->len, offset);
+      code = walSkipCorruptedRecord(pWal, pHead, fd, &offset);
+      if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+        walFtruncate(pWal, fd, offset);
+        break;
+      }
     }
 
     if (pHead->len > size - sizeof(SWalHead)) {
@@ -255,9 +291,8 @@ static int32_t walRestoreWalFile(SWal *pWal, void *pVnode, FWalWrite writeFp, ch
 
     if (ret < pHead->len) {
       wError("vgId:%d, file:%s, failed to read wal body, ret:%d len:%d", pWal->vgId, name, ret, pHead->len);
-      taosFtruncate(fd, offset);
-      fsync(fd);
-      break;
+      offset += sizeof(SWalHead);
+      continue;
     }
 
     offset = offset + sizeof(SWalHead) + pHead->len;