diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
index c26d6ed8f..c3b66c5e7 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_tail.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeTailReceiver(ctx context.Context, req *volume_serv
 	defer glog.V(1).Infof("receive tailing volume %d finished", v.Id)
 
 	return resp, operation.TailVolumeFromSource(req.SourceVolumeServer, vs.grpcDialOption, v.Id, req.SinceNs, int(req.IdleTimeoutSeconds), func(n *needle.Needle) error {
-		_, _, err := vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n)
+		_, err := vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n)
 		return err
 	})
 
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
index 101be4c43..56cebf50f 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_write.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) PostHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	ret := operation.UploadResult{}
-	_, isUnchanged, writeError := topology.ReplicatedWrite(vs.GetMaster(), vs.store, volumeId, needle, r)
+	isUnchanged, writeError := topology.ReplicatedWrite(vs.GetMaster(), vs.store, volumeId, needle, r)
 
 	// http 204 status code does not allow body
 	if writeError == nil && isUnchanged {
diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index e29680f6f..19dbcb70e 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -227,14 +227,15 @@ func (s *Store) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Store) WriteVolumeNeedle(i needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle) (size uint32, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func (s *Store) WriteVolumeNeedle(i needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle) (isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 	if v := s.findVolume(i); v != nil {
 		if v.noWriteOrDelete || v.noWriteCanDelete {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("volume %d is read only", i)
 			return
 		}
-		if MaxPossibleVolumeSize >= v.ContentSize()+uint64(needle.GetActualSize(size, v.Version())) {
-			_, size, isUnchanged, err = v.writeNeedle(n)
+		// using len(n.Data) here instead of n.Size before n.Size is populated in v.writeNeedle(n)
+		if MaxPossibleVolumeSize >= v.ContentSize()+uint64(needle.GetActualSize(uint32(len(n.Data)), v.Version())) {
+			_, _, isUnchanged, err = v.writeNeedle(n)
 		} else {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("volume size limit %d exceeded! current size is %d", s.GetVolumeSizeLimit(), v.ContentSize())
 		}
diff --git a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
index 495c38cfa..6f043a601 100644
--- a/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
+++ b/weed/topology/store_replicate.go
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
-func ReplicatedWrite(masterNode string, s *storage.Store,
-	volumeId needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle,
-	r *http.Request) (size uint32, isUnchanged bool, err error) {
+func ReplicatedWrite(masterNode string, s *storage.Store, volumeId needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle, r *http.Request) (isUnchanged bool, err error) {
 
 	//check JWT
 	jwt := security.GetJwt(r)
@@ -33,11 +31,13 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterNode string, s *storage.Store,
 		}
 	}
 
-	size, isUnchanged, err = s.WriteVolumeNeedle(volumeId, n)
-	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to local disk: %v", err)
-		glog.V(0).Infoln(err)
-		return
+	if s.GetVolume(volumeId) != nil {
+		isUnchanged, err = s.WriteVolumeNeedle(volumeId, n)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to local disk: %v", err)
+			glog.V(0).Infoln(err)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(remoteLocations) > 0 { //send to other replica locations
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ func ReplicatedWrite(masterNode string, s *storage.Store,
 			_, err := operation.UploadData(u.String(), string(n.Name), false, n.Data, n.IsGzipped(), string(n.Mime), pairMap, jwt)
 			return err
 		}); err != nil {
-			size = 0
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write to replicas for volume %d: %v", volumeId, err)
 			glog.V(0).Infoln(err)
 		}