diff --git a/db/repair.cc b/db/repair.cc
index 05d91aea0..6eea85a56 100644
--- a/db/repair.cc
+++ b/db/repair.cc
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class Repairer {
     // corruptions cause entire commits to be skipped instead of
     // propagating bad information (like overly large sequence
     // numbers).
-    log::Reader reader(std::move(lfile), &reporter, false/*do not checksum*/,
+    log::Reader reader(std::move(lfile), &reporter, true /*enable checksum*/,
                        0/*initial_offset*/);
 
     // Read all the records and add to a memtable