diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
index 199ef289f31948b0d21de1f0adf0304a648c9f16..3dbca1210d30d3fe2f2756adfa6a4f379d341bf8 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
@@ -610,6 +610,15 @@ int32_t syncLogReplMgrProcessReplyInRecoveryMode(SSyncLogReplMgr* pMgr, SSyncNod
     (void)syncLogReplMgrReset(pMgr);
   }
 
+  // check existence of WAl log
+  SyncIndex firstVer = pNode->pLogStore->syncLogBeginIndex(pNode->pLogStore);
+  if (pMsg->matchIndex < firstVer) {
+    if (syncNodeStartSnapshot(pNode, &destId) < 0) {
+      sError("vgId:%d, failed to start snapshot for dest: 0x%016" PRIx64, pNode->vgId, destId.addr);
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   // send match index
   SyncIndex index = TMIN(pMsg->matchIndex, pNode->pLogBuf->matchIndex);
   bool      barrier = false;
@@ -901,6 +910,13 @@ int32_t syncLogBufferReplicateOneTo(SSyncLogReplMgr* pMgr, SSyncNode* pNode, Syn
   pEntry = syncLogBufferGetOneEntry(pBuf, pNode, index, &inBuf);
   if (pEntry == NULL) {
     sError("vgId:%d, failed to get raft entry for index: %" PRId64 "", pNode->vgId, index);
+    if (terrno == TSDB_CODE_WAL_LOG_NOT_EXIST) {
+      SSyncLogReplMgr* pMgr = syncNodeGetLogReplMgr(pNode, pDestId);
+      if (pMgr) {
+        sInfo("vgId:%d, reset log repl mgr for dest: 0x%016" PRIx64, pNode->vgId, pDestId->addr);
+        (void)syncLogReplMgrReset(pMgr);
+      }
+    }
     goto _err;
   }
   *pBarrier = syncLogIsReplicationBarrier(pEntry);