diff --git a/src/Common/FileChecker.cpp b/src/Common/FileChecker.cpp
index b306c3af990..1092b50b741 100644
--- a/src/Common/FileChecker.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/FileChecker.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ CheckResults FileChecker::check() const
 
 void FileChecker::repair()
 {
+    initialize();
+
     for (const auto & name_size : map)
     {
         const String & name = name_size.first;
diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageTinyLog.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageTinyLog.cpp
index 5cdec491393..a7ac592ac04 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageTinyLog.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageTinyLog.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private:
     struct Stream
     {
         Stream(const DiskPtr & disk, const String & data_path, size_t max_read_buffer_size_, size_t file_size)
-            : plain(disk->readFile(data_path, std::min(max_read_buffer_size_, file_size))),
+            : plain(file_size ? disk->readFile(data_path, std::min(max_read_buffer_size_, file_size)) : std::make_unique<ReadBuffer>(nullptr, 0)),
             limited(std::make_unique<LimitReadBuffer>(*plain, file_size, false)),
             compressed(*limited)
         {
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ Chunk TinyLogSource::generate()
         return {};
     }
 
-    /// if there are no files in the folder, it means that the table is empty
-    if (storage.disk->isDirectoryEmpty(storage.table_path))
-        return {};
-
     for (const auto & name_type : columns)
     {
         MutableColumnPtr column = name_type.type->createColumn();