diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbReaderWriter.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbReaderWriter.c
index c7bce6182a380bd278a8e272eae22773350a630c..5583d68fd6fc366b0a7a3ce853d1a57bfc7b0013 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbReaderWriter.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbReaderWriter.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ static int32_t tsdbOpenFile(const char *path, int32_t szPage, int32_t flag, STsd
     taosMemoryFree(pFD);
     goto _exit;
   }
+
+#if 0  // temporarily disable it for performance evaluation.
   if (taosStatFile(path, &pFD->szFile, NULL) < 0) {
     code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
     taosMemoryFree(pFD->pBuf);
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ static int32_t tsdbOpenFile(const char *path, int32_t szPage, int32_t flag, STsd
     taosMemoryFree(pFD);
     goto _exit;
   }
+#endif
+
   ASSERT(pFD->szFile % szPage == 0);
   pFD->szFile = pFD->szFile / szPage;
   *ppFD = pFD;