diff --git a/source/libs/index/src/index.c b/source/libs/index/src/index.c
index 1faf1decb45cd5b78a856fd116aa8f91534aa1bc..d60bde718d958800580e17fcf92c47e4a1050926 100644
--- a/source/libs/index/src/index.c
+++ b/source/libs/index/src/index.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int64_t indexGetAvaialbleVer(SIndex* sIdx, IndexCache* cache) {
   taosThreadMutexUnlock(&tf->mtx);
 
   if (rd != NULL) {
-    ver += MAX(ver, rd->header.version) + 1;
+    ver = (ver > rd->header.version ? ver : rd->header.verion) + 1;
     indexInfo("header: %" PRId64 ", ver: %" PRId64 "", rd->header.version, ver);
   }
   tfileReaderUnRef(rd);