diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index f11553fe6..9b5e60279 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 ### Public API Changes
 * Add `MakeSharedCache()` construction functions to various cache Options objects, and deprecated the `NewWhateverCache()` functions with long parameter lists.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+* Delete an empty WAL file on DB open if the log number is less than the min log number to keep
+
 ## 8.2.0 (04/24/2023)
 ### Public API Changes
 * `SstFileWriter::DeleteRange()` now returns `Status::InvalidArgument` if the range's end key comes before its start key according to the user comparator. Previously the behavior was undefined.
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
index 91ef84266..a9b42d62a 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ Status DBImpl::RecoverLogFiles(const std::vector<uint64_t>& wal_numbers,
         recovery_ctx->UpdateVersionEdits(cfd, iter->second);
       }
 
-      if (flushed) {
+      if (flushed || !data_seen) {
         VersionEdit wal_deletion;
         if (immutable_db_options_.track_and_verify_wals_in_manifest) {
           wal_deletion.DeleteWalsBefore(max_wal_number + 1);
diff --git a/db/db_wal_test.cc b/db/db_wal_test.cc
index 705f53f90..fad0f5d09 100644
--- a/db/db_wal_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_wal_test.cc
@@ -2399,6 +2399,31 @@ TEST_F(DBWALTest, GetCompressedWalsAfterSync) {
   Status s = dbfull()->GetSortedWalFiles(wals);
   ASSERT_OK(s);
 }
+
+TEST_F(DBWALTest, EmptyWalReopenTest) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.env = env_;
+  CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu"}, options);
+
+  // make sure we can re-open it.
+  ASSERT_OK(TryReopenWithColumnFamilies({"default", "pikachu"}, options));
+
+  {
+    std::vector<std::string> files;
+    int num_wal_files = 0;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->GetChildren(dbname_, &files));
+    for (const auto& file : files) {
+      uint64_t number = 0;
+      FileType type = kWalFile;
+      if (ParseFileName(file, &number, &type) && type == kWalFile) {
+        num_wal_files++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(num_wal_files, 1);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
 
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