diff --git a/source/util/src/tlog.c b/source/util/src/tlog.c
index e3b1c2fa2f7fbd48604ea6cdcb4cf776f6ca7bac..c405fb6a2597e17285cd35833da59758d2066f5b 100644
--- a/source/util/src/tlog.c
+++ b/source/util/src/tlog.c
@@ -210,15 +210,15 @@ static void taosKeepOldLog(char *oldName) {
 
   (void)taosRenameFile(oldName, fileName);
 
-  if (tsLogKeepDays < 0) {
-    char compressFileName[LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20];
-    snprintf(compressFileName, LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20, "%s.%" PRId64 ".gz", tsLogObj.logName, fileSec);
-    if (taosCompressFile(fileName, compressFileName) == 0) {
-      (void)taosRemoveFile(fileName);
-    }
+  char compressFileName[LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20];
+  snprintf(compressFileName, LOG_FILE_NAME_LEN + 20, "%s.%" PRId64 ".gz", tsLogObj.logName, fileSec);
+  if (taosCompressFile(fileName, compressFileName) == 0) {
+    (void)taosRemoveFile(fileName);
   }
 
-  taosRemoveOldFiles(tsLogDir, TABS(tsLogKeepDays));
+  if (tsLogKeepDays > 0) {
+    taosRemoveOldFiles(tsLogDir, tsLogKeepDays);
+  }
 }
 
 static void *taosThreadToOpenNewFile(void *param) {