diff --git a/weed/filesys/dirty_page.go b/weed/filesys/dirty_page.go
index 77eae927e..ce74d64d5 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dirty_page.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dirty_page.go
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ func (pages *ContinuousDirtyPages) saveExistingLargestPageToStorage() (chunk *fi
 		if err == nil {
 			hasSavedData = true
 			glog.V(3).Infof("%s saveToStorage [%d,%d) %s", pages.f.fullpath(), maxList.Offset(), maxList.Offset()+maxList.Size(), chunk.FileId)
-			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+			return
 		} else {
 			glog.V(0).Infof("%s saveToStorage [%d,%d): %v", pages.f.fullpath(), maxList.Offset(), maxList.Offset()+maxList.Size(), err)
-			return
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 		}
 	}