diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaSnapshot.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaSnapshot.c
index 2143a3f0853ca40cf2fc6ae1bc3a4df3d634578b..85261d302e8ec2b285274d83b4a601d9dc6dfa82 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaSnapshot.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaSnapshot.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int32_t metaSnapWrite(SMetaSnapWriter* pWriter, uint8_t* pData, uint32_t nData)
   SMetaEntry metaEntry = {0};
   SDecoder*  pDecoder = &(SDecoder){0};
 
-  tDecoderInit(pDecoder, pData, nData);
+  tDecoderInit(pDecoder, pData + sizeof(SSnapDataHdr), nData - sizeof(SSnapDataHdr));
   metaDecodeEntry(pDecoder, &metaEntry);
 
   code = metaHandleEntry(pMeta, &metaEntry);