diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPage.c b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPage.c
index ac2725d8ec670f73c56ea99983d2247dfd742bf9..50dc8e0a6506abf40cd85b33acdd0e50f737168b 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPage.c
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPage.c
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ void tdbPageZero(SPage *pPage, u8 szAmHdr, int (*xCellSize)(const SPage *, SCell
 void tdbPageInit(SPage *pPage, u8 szAmHdr, int (*xCellSize)(const SPage *, SCell *, int, TXN *, SBTree *pBt)) {
   tdbTrace("page/init: %p %" PRIu8 " %p", pPage, szAmHdr, xCellSize);
   pPage->pPageHdr = pPage->pData + szAmHdr;
+  if (TDB_PAGE_NCELLS(pPage) == 0) {
+    return tdbPageZero(pPage, szAmHdr, xCellSize);
+  }
   pPage->pCellIdx = pPage->pPageHdr + TDB_PAGE_HDR_SIZE(pPage);
   pPage->pFreeStart = pPage->pCellIdx + TDB_PAGE_OFFSET_SIZE(pPage) * TDB_PAGE_NCELLS(pPage);
   pPage->pFreeEnd = pPage->pData + TDB_PAGE_CCELLS(pPage);