diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
index 4042961c9..c4ec343c8 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
@@ -336,12 +336,14 @@ Status ExternalSstFileIngestionJob::GetIngestedFileInfo(
 
     // Set the global sequence number
     file_to_ingest->original_seqno = DecodeFixed64(seqno_iter->second.c_str());
-    file_to_ingest->global_seqno_offset = props->properties_offsets.at(
+    auto offsets_iter = props->properties_offsets.find(
         ExternalSstFilePropertyNames::kGlobalSeqno);
-
-    if (file_to_ingest->global_seqno_offset == 0) {
+    if (offsets_iter == props->properties_offsets.end() ||
+        offsets_iter->second == 0) {
+      file_to_ingest->global_seqno_offset = 0;
       return Status::Corruption("Was not able to find file global seqno field");
     }
+    file_to_ingest->global_seqno_offset = offsets_iter->second;
   } else if (file_to_ingest->version == 1) {
     // SST file V1 should not have global seqno field
     assert(seqno_iter == uprops.end());