diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
index f71b830a6..83c2992a4 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ Status ExternalSstFileIngestionJob::GetIngestedFileInfo(
   } else if (file_to_ingest->version == 1) {
     // SST file V1 should not have global seqno field
     assert(seqno_iter == uprops.end());
+    file_to_ingest->original_seqno = 0;
     if (ingestion_options_.allow_blocking_flush ||
             ingestion_options_.allow_global_seqno) {
       return Status::InvalidArgument(