diff --git a/core/storage/sqlite3_ondisk.rs b/core/storage/sqlite3_ondisk.rs
index 228eb8b6c..f4206a963 100644
--- a/core/storage/sqlite3_ondisk.rs
+++ b/core/storage/sqlite3_ondisk.rs
@@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ pub fn read_entire_wal_dumb(file: &Arc<dyn File>) -> Result<Arc<UnsafeCell<WalFi
             u32::from_be_bytes([buf_slice[24], buf_slice[25], buf_slice[26], buf_slice[27]]);
         header_locked.checksum_2 =
             u32::from_be_bytes([buf_slice[28], buf_slice[29], buf_slice[30], buf_slice[31]]);
+        tracing::debug!("read_entire_wal_dumb(header={:?})", *header_locked);
 
         // Read frames into frame_cache and pages_in_frames
         if buf_slice.len() < WAL_HEADER_SIZE {
@@ -1441,6 +1442,13 @@ pub fn read_entire_wal_dumb(file: &Arc<dyn File>) -> Result<Arc<UnsafeCell<WalFi
                 use_native_endian_checksum,
             );
 
+            tracing::debug!(
+                "read_entire_wal_dumb(frame_h_checksum=({}, {}), calculated_frame_checksum=({}, {}))",
+                frame_h_checksum_1,
+                frame_h_checksum_2,
+                calculated_frame_checksum.0,
+                calculated_frame_checksum.1
+            );
             if calculated_frame_checksum != (frame_h_checksum_1, frame_h_checksum_2) {
                 panic!(
                     "WAL frame checksum mismatch. Expected ({}, {}), Got ({}, {})",
@@ -1467,13 +1475,13 @@ pub fn read_entire_wal_dumb(file: &Arc<dyn File>) -> Result<Arc<UnsafeCell<WalFi
             let is_commit_record = frame_h_db_size > 0;
             if is_commit_record {
                 wfs_data.max_frame.store(frame_idx, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                wfs_data.last_checksum = cumulative_checksum;
             }
 
             frame_idx += 1;
             current_offset += WAL_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + page_size;
         }
 
+        wfs_data.last_checksum = cumulative_checksum;
         wfs_data.loaded.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     });
     let c = Completion::new(CompletionType::Read(ReadCompletion::new(
@@ -1563,6 +1571,11 @@ pub fn begin_write_wal_frame(
         );
         header.checksum_1 = final_checksum.0;
         header.checksum_2 = final_checksum.1;
+        tracing::trace!(
+            "begin_write_wal_frame(checksum=({}, {}))",
+            header.checksum_1,
+            header.checksum_2
+        );
 
         buf[16..20].copy_from_slice(&header.checksum_1.to_be_bytes());
         buf[20..24].copy_from_slice(&header.checksum_2.to_be_bytes());
@@ -1599,6 +1612,7 @@ pub fn begin_write_wal_frame(
 }
 
 pub fn begin_write_wal_header(io: &Arc<dyn File>, header: &WalHeader) -> Result<()> {
+    tracing::trace!("begin_write_wal_header");
     let buffer = {
         let drop_fn = Rc::new(|_buf| {});
 
diff --git a/core/storage/wal.rs b/core/storage/wal.rs
index b6ec37190..1836022fc 100644
--- a/core/storage/wal.rs
+++ b/core/storage/wal.rs
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ impl WalFile {
         }
 
         let header = unsafe { shared.get().as_mut().unwrap().wal_header.lock() };
+        let last_checksum = unsafe { (*shared.get()).last_checksum };
         Self {
             io,
             // default to max frame in WAL, so that when we read schema we can read from WAL too if it's there.
@@ -995,7 +996,7 @@ impl WalFile {
             sync_state: Cell::new(SyncState::NotSyncing),
             min_frame: 0,
             max_frame_read_lock_index: 0,
-            last_checksum: (0, 0),
+            last_checksum,
             start_pages_in_frames: 0,
             header: *header,
         }
@@ -1083,6 +1084,7 @@ impl WalFileShared {
             let checksum = header.lock();
             (checksum.checksum_1, checksum.checksum_2)
         };
+        tracing::debug!("new_shared(header={:?})", header);
         let shared = WalFileShared {
             wal_header: header,
             min_frame: AtomicU64::new(0),
diff --git a/tests/integration/query_processing/test_write_path.rs b/tests/integration/query_processing/test_write_path.rs
index ee726caa3..6d7e831ad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/query_processing/test_write_path.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/query_processing/test_write_path.rs
@@ -734,6 +734,34 @@ fn test_wal_bad_frame() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_read_wal_dumb_no_frames() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    maybe_setup_tracing();
+    let _ = env_logger::try_init();
+    let db_path = {
+        let tmp_db = TempDatabase::new_empty(false);
+        let conn = tmp_db.connect_limbo();
+        conn.close()?;
+        let db_path = tmp_db.path.clone();
+        db_path
+    };
+    // Second connection must recover from the WAL file. Last checksum should be filled correctly.
+    {
+        let tmp_db = TempDatabase::new_with_existent(&db_path, false);
+        let conn = tmp_db.connect_limbo();
+        conn.execute("CREATE TABLE t0(x)")?;
+        conn.close()?;
+    }
+    {
+        let tmp_db = TempDatabase::new_with_existent(&db_path, false);
+        let conn = tmp_db.connect_limbo();
+        conn.execute("INSERT INTO t0(x) VALUES (1)")?;
+        conn.close()?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn run_query(tmp_db: &TempDatabase, conn: &Arc<Connection>, query: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     run_query_core(tmp_db, conn, query, None::<fn(&Row)>)
 }