diff --git a/src/replica/replica_init.cpp b/src/replica/replica_init.cpp
index a8b15ca53e..b129fe94e3 100644
--- a/src/replica/replica_init.cpp
+++ b/src/replica/replica_init.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ error_code replica::initialize_on_load()
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    if (info.partition_count < pidx) {
+        derror_f("partition[{}], count={}, this replica may be partition split garbage partition, "
+                 "ignore it",
+                 pid,
+                 info.partition_count);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     replica *rep = new replica(stub, pid, info, dir, false);
 
     err = rep->initialize_on_load();