diff --git a/core/storage/pager.rs b/core/storage/pager.rs
index 95f7efb98..f0172037e 100644
--- a/core/storage/pager.rs
+++ b/core/storage/pager.rs
@@ -1140,7 +1140,17 @@ impl Pager {
 
                     let page = match page.clone() {
                         Some(page) => {
-                            assert_eq!(page.get().id, page_id, "Page id mismatch");
+                            assert_eq!(
+                                page.get().id,
+                                page_id,
+                                "Pager::free_page: Page id mismatch: expected {} but got {}",
+                                page_id,
+                                page.get().id
+                            );
+                            if page.is_loaded() {
+                                let page_contents = page.get_contents();
+                                page_contents.overflow_cells.clear();
+                            }
                             page
                         }
                         None => self.read_page(page_id)?,