diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_copy.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_copy.go
index 6ed2724f1..e3ec5b724 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_copy.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_copy.go
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) CopyFile(req *volume_server_pb.CopyFileRequest, stream v
 		if uint32(v.CompactionRevision) != req.CompactionRevision && req.CompactionRevision != math.MaxUint32 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("volume %d is compacted", req.VolumeId)
 		}
+		v.SyncToDisk()
 		fileName = v.FileName(req.Ext)
 	} else {
 		baseFileName := erasure_coding.EcShardBaseFileName(req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId)) + req.Ext
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume.go b/weed/storage/volume.go
index 6d48fbc83..f388c7d99 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume.go
@@ -190,6 +190,21 @@ func (v *Volume) SetStopping() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (v *Volume) SyncToDisk() {
+	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()
+	defer v.dataFileAccessLock.Unlock()
+	if v.nm != nil {
+		if err := v.nm.Sync(); err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("Volume Close fail to sync volume idx %d", v.Id)
+		}
+	}
+	if v.DataBackend != nil {
+		if err := v.DataBackend.Sync(); err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("Volume Close fail to sync volume %d", v.Id)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Close cleanly shuts down this volume
 func (v *Volume) Close() {
 	v.dataFileAccessLock.Lock()