diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/iter/SegmentsRecovery.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/iter/SegmentsRecovery.java
index 49008ec8f..2437f609b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/iter/SegmentsRecovery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/iter/SegmentsRecovery.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public abstract class SegmentsRecovery implements IterationContext {
             // `tier` is unused in recoverTier(), 0 should be a safe value
             s.initSegmentTier(0, tierIndex);
             int segmentIndex = tierRecovery.recoverTier(-1);
-            if (segmentIndex > 0) {
+            if (segmentIndex >= 0) {
                 long tierCountersAreaAddr = s.tierCountersAreaAddr();
                 int storedSegmentIndex = TierCountersArea.segmentIndex(tierCountersAreaAddr);
                 if (storedSegmentIndex != segmentIndex) {