diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
index a57675c4d..9ed014f65 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl_open.cc
@@ -1259,7 +1259,8 @@ Status DBImpl::RecoverLogFiles(const std::vector<uint64_t>& wal_numbers,
       // If there's no data in the WAL, or we flushed all the data, still
       // truncate the log file. If the process goes into a crash loop before
       // the file is deleted, the preallocated space will never get freed.
-      GetLogSizeAndMaybeTruncate(wal_numbers.back(), true, nullptr)
+      const bool truncate = !read_only;
+      GetLogSizeAndMaybeTruncate(wal_numbers.back(), truncate, nullptr)
           .PermitUncheckedError();
     }
   }
diff --git a/db/db_wal_test.cc b/db/db_wal_test.cc
index 8aaa83cd1..2a6f65856 100644
--- a/db/db_wal_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_wal_test.cc
@@ -2001,6 +2001,61 @@ TEST_F(DBWALTest, TruncateLastLogAfterRecoverWALEmpty) {
   ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
   ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->ClearAllCallBacks();
 }
+
+TEST_F(DBWALTest, ReadOnlyRecoveryNoTruncate) {
+  constexpr size_t kKB = 1024;
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.env = env_;
+  options.avoid_flush_during_recovery = true;
+  if (mem_env_) {
+    ROCKSDB_GTEST_SKIP("Test requires non-mem environment");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!IsFallocateSupported()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // create DB and close with file truncate disabled
+  std::atomic_bool enable_truncate{false};
+
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+      "PosixWritableFile::Close", [&](void* arg) {
+        if (!enable_truncate) {
+          *(reinterpret_cast<size_t*>(arg)) = 0;
+        }
+      });
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  size_t preallocated_size =
+      dbfull()->TEST_GetWalPreallocateBlockSize(options.write_buffer_size);
+  ASSERT_OK(Put("foo", "v1"));
+  VectorLogPtr log_files_before;
+  ASSERT_OK(dbfull()->GetSortedWalFiles(log_files_before));
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, log_files_before.size());
+  auto& file_before = log_files_before[0];
+  ASSERT_LT(file_before->SizeFileBytes(), 1 * kKB);
+  // The log file has preallocated space.
+  auto db_size = GetAllocatedFileSize(dbname_ + file_before->PathName());
+  ASSERT_GE(db_size, preallocated_size);
+  Close();
+
+  // enable truncate and open DB as readonly, the file should not be truncated
+  // and DB size is not changed.
+  enable_truncate = true;
+  ASSERT_OK(ReadOnlyReopen(options));
+  VectorLogPtr log_files_after;
+  ASSERT_OK(dbfull()->GetSortedWalFiles(log_files_after));
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, log_files_after.size());
+  ASSERT_LT(log_files_after[0]->SizeFileBytes(), 1 * kKB);
+  ASSERT_EQ(log_files_after[0]->PathName(), file_before->PathName());
+  // The preallocated space should NOT be truncated.
+  // the DB size is almost the same.
+  ASSERT_NEAR(GetAllocatedFileSize(dbname_ + file_before->PathName()), db_size,
+              db_size / 100);
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->ClearAllCallBacks();
+}
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_FALLOCATE_PRESENT
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_PLATFORM_POSIX