diff --git a/internal/datamanager/data.go b/internal/datamanager/data.go
index 4f713fc..baf5c2f 100644
--- a/internal/datamanager/data.go
+++ b/internal/datamanager/data.go
@@ -91,17 +91,10 @@ func (d *DataManager) walIndex(ctx context.Context, wals []*WalData) (walIndex,
 	wimap := map[string]map[string]*Action{}
 
 	for _, walData := range wals {
-		walFilef, err := d.ReadWal(walData.WalSequence)
+		header, err := d.ReadWal(walData.WalSequence)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		dec := json.NewDecoder(walFilef)
-		var header *WalHeader
-		if err = dec.Decode(&header); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
-			walFilef.Close()
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		walFilef.Close()
 
 		walFile, err := d.ReadWalData(header.WalDataFileID)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ func (d *DataManager) walIndex(ctx context.Context, wals []*WalData) (walIndex,
 		}
 		defer walFile.Close()
 
-		dec = json.NewDecoder(walFile)
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(walFile)
 		for {
 			var action *Action
 
diff --git a/internal/datamanager/wal.go b/internal/datamanager/wal.go
index 4bc583a..b81a4ec 100644
--- a/internal/datamanager/wal.go
+++ b/internal/datamanager/wal.go
@@ -141,8 +141,19 @@ func (d *DataManager) HasOSTWal(walseq string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (d *DataManager) ReadWal(walseq string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return d.ost.ReadObject(d.storageWalStatusFile(walseq) + ".committed")
+func (d *DataManager) ReadWal(walseq string) (*WalHeader, error) {
+	walFilef, err := d.ost.ReadObject(d.storageWalStatusFile(walseq) + ".committed")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer walFilef.Close()
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(walFilef)
+	var header *WalHeader
+	if err = dec.Decode(&header); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return header, nil
 }
 
 func (d *DataManager) ReadWalData(walFileID string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
diff --git a/internal/services/configstore/readdb/readdb.go b/internal/services/configstore/readdb/readdb.go
index cbec1ba..ca32a5a 100644
--- a/internal/services/configstore/readdb/readdb.go
+++ b/internal/services/configstore/readdb/readdb.go
@@ -197,17 +197,10 @@ func (r *ReadDB) SyncFromWals(ctx context.Context, startWalSeq, endWalSeq string
 	insertfunc := func(walFiles []*datamanager.WalFile) error {
 		err := r.rdb.Do(ctx, func(tx *db.Tx) error {
 			for _, walFile := range walFiles {
-				walFilef, err := r.dm.ReadWal(walFile.WalSequence)
+				header, err := r.dm.ReadWal(walFile.WalSequence)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				dec := json.NewDecoder(walFilef)
-				var header *datamanager.WalHeader
-				if err = dec.Decode(&header); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
-					walFilef.Close()
-					return err
-				}
-				walFilef.Close()
 				if err := r.insertCommittedWalSequence(tx, walFile.WalSequence); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/internal/services/runservice/readdb/readdb.go b/internal/services/runservice/readdb/readdb.go
index 890b715..029af56 100644
--- a/internal/services/runservice/readdb/readdb.go
+++ b/internal/services/runservice/readdb/readdb.go
@@ -735,17 +735,10 @@ func (r *ReadDB) SyncFromWals(ctx context.Context, startWalSeq, endWalSeq string
 	insertfunc := func(walFiles []*datamanager.WalFile) error {
 		err := r.rdb.Do(ctx, func(tx *db.Tx) error {
 			for _, walFile := range walFiles {
-				walFilef, err := r.dm.ReadWal(walFile.WalSequence)
+				header, err := r.dm.ReadWal(walFile.WalSequence)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				dec := json.NewDecoder(walFilef)
-				var header *datamanager.WalHeader
-				if err = dec.Decode(&header); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
-					walFilef.Close()
-					return err
-				}
-				walFilef.Close()
 				if err := r.insertCommittedWalSequenceOST(tx, walFile.WalSequence); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}