diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPCache.c b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPCache.c
index 0d5822f3085fedc6d80ed3f5ec6e61018fb31489..c18d43e27840112425447028d1156bc517ebd1e7 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPCache.c
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPCache.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static SPage *tdbPCacheFetchImpl(SPCache *pCache, const SPgid *pPgid, bool alcNe
 
   if (pPage || !alcNewPage) {
     if (pPage) {
-      ASSERT(pPage->isLoad == 1);
       tdbPCachePinPage(pPage);
     }
     return pPage;
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ static SPage *tdbPCacheFetchImpl(SPCache *pCache, const SPgid *pPgid, bool alcNe
   if (pPage) {
     memcpy(&(pPage->pgid), pPgid, sizeof(*pPgid));
     pPage->pLruNext = NULL;
-    pPage->isLoad = 0;
+    pPage->pPager = NULL;
     tdbPCacheAddPageToHash(pPage);
   }
 
diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
index 2c5601a14b607b3483892a593f870876c22860f0..f023b086055ee9b432e4597aa1c86fd77aadadf0 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/db/tdbPager.c
@@ -133,26 +133,11 @@ SPage *tdbPagerGet(SPager *pPager, SPgno pgno) {
 
   pPage = tdbPCacheFetch(pPager->pCache, &pgid, 1);
   if (pPage == NULL) {
-    // TODO
-    ASSERT(0);
+    // TODO: handle error
+    return NULL;
   }
   tdbPCacheFetchFinish(pPager->pCache, pPage);
 
-  if (!(pPage->isLoad)) {
-    if (pgno > pPager->dbFileSize /*TODO*/) {
-      memset(pPage->pData, 0, pPager->pageSize);
-    } else {
-      if (tdbPagerReadPage(pPager, pPage) < 0) {
-        // TODO: handle error
-        return NULL;
-      }
-    }
-
-    pPage->isLoad = 1;
-  }
-
-  ASSERT(pPage->isLoad);
-
   return pPage;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbInt.h b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbInt.h
index e94479366fa910219bfcb4aaf3b6342ca5e3b3f2..bf43632815c63c210ac039ebf0bcf5a40a37afab 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbInt.h
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbInt.h
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int tdbCmprPgId(const void *p1, const void *p2) {
 
 #define TDB_IS_SAME_PAGE(pPgid1, pPgid2) (tdbCmprPgId(pPgid1, pPgid2) == 0)
 
-// framd_id_t
-typedef int32_t frame_id_t;
-
 // pgsz_t
 #define TDB_MIN_PGSIZE       512
 #define TDB_MAX_PGSIZE       65536
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ typedef int (*FKeyComparator)(const void *pKey1, int kLen1, const void *pKey2, i
 
 #define BTREE_MAX_DEPTH 20
 
-
 #include "tdbUtil.h"
 
 #include "tdbPage.h"
diff --git a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbPCache.h b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbPCache.h
index 7d9153b94a7e3ab28341364861282f0b618a0441..2412cb1bd09535e2176151cccda3bb4876beae11 100644
--- a/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbPCache.h
+++ b/source/libs/tdb/src/inc/tdbPCache.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct SPage {
   SPgid    pgid;
   u8       isAnchor;
   u8       isLocalPage;
-  u8       isLoad;
   u8       isDirty;
   i32      nRef;
   SPCache *pCache;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ struct SPage {
   SPage *  pLruNext;
   SPage *  pLruPrev;
   SPage *  pDirtyNext;
+  SPage *  pPager;
 };
 
 int    tdbPCacheOpen(int pageSize, int cacheSize, int extraSize, SPCache **ppCache);