diff --git a/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go b/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
index 90e429ab4..ffe173ae9 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_volume_fsck.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 		return fmt.Errorf("read filer buckets path: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	collectMtime := time.Now().UnixNano()
+	collectCutoffFromAtNs := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	// collect each volume file ids
 	for dataNodeId, volumeIdToVInfo := range dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo {
 		for volumeId, vinfo := range volumeIdToVInfo {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 
 	if *c.findMissingChunksInFiler {
 		// collect all filer file ids and paths
-		if err = c.collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo, *purgeAbsent, collectMtime); err != nil {
+		if err = c.collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo, *purgeAbsent, collectCutoffFromAtNs); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("collectFilerFileIdAndPaths: %v", err)
 		}
 		for dataNodeId, volumeIdToVInfo := range dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 		}
 	} else {
 		// collect all filer file ids
-		if err = c.collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo, false, collectMtime); err != nil {
+		if err = c.collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo, false, 0); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to collect file ids from filer: %v", err)
 		}
 		// volume file ids subtract filer file ids
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *commandVolumeFsck) collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo map[string]map[uint32]VInfo, purgeAbsent bool, collectMtime int64) error {
+func (c *commandVolumeFsck) collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo map[string]map[uint32]VInfo, purgeAbsent bool, cutoffFromAtNs int64) error {
 	if *c.verbose {
 		fmt.Fprintf(c.writer, "checking each file from filer path %s...\n", c.getCollectFilerFilePath())
 	}
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (c *commandVolumeFsck) collectFilerFileIdAndPaths(dataNodeVolumeIdToVInfo m
 			}
 			dataChunks = append(dataChunks, manifestChunks...)
 			for _, chunk := range dataChunks {
-				if chunk.ModifiedTsNs > collectMtime {
+				if cutoffFromAtNs != 0 && chunk.ModifiedTsNs > cutoffFromAtNs {
 					continue
 				}
 				outputChan <- &Item{