diff --git a/be/src/olap/wal_manager.cpp b/be/src/olap/wal_manager.cpp
index f9209f73c74227a..3ab848282f7d285 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/wal_manager.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/wal_manager.cpp
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Status WalManager::delete_wal(int64_t wal_id) {
                       << _all_wal_disk_bytes->load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
             _wal_id_to_writer_map.erase(wal_id);
         }
-        if (_wal_id_to_writer_map.empty()) {
+        if (_wal_id_to_writer_map.empty() && !config::wait_relay_wal_finish) {
             CHECK_EQ(_all_wal_disk_bytes->load(std::memory_order_relaxed), 0);
         }
         auto it = _wal_path_map.find(wal_id);