diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolume.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolume.java
index 310c46de5294..67c6098d8bdd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolume.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolume.java
@@ -311,17 +311,20 @@ public VolumeCheckResult checkDbHealth(File dbFile) throws InterruptedException
     }
 
     try (ManagedOptions managedOptions = new ManagedOptions();
-         ManagedRocksDB ignored = ManagedRocksDB.openReadOnly(managedOptions, dbFile.toString())) {
+         ManagedRocksDB ignored =
+             ManagedRocksDB.openAsSecondary(managedOptions, dbFile.toString(), getTmpDir().getPath())) {
       // Do nothing. Only check if rocksdb is accessible.
       LOG.debug("Successfully opened the database at \"{}\" for HDDS volume {}.", dbFile, getStorageDir());
     } catch (Exception e) {
       if (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
         throw new InterruptedException("Check of database for volume " + this + " interrupted.");
       }
-      LOG.warn("Could not open Volume DB located at {}", dbFile, e);
+
+      LOG.error("Could not open Volume DB located at {}", dbFile, e);
       getIoTestSlidingWindow().add();
     }
 
+
     if (getIoTestSlidingWindow().isExceeded()) {
       LOG.error("Failed to open the database at \"{}\" for HDDS volume {}: " +
               "encountered more than the {} tolerated failures.",
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/managed/ManagedRocksDB.java b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/managed/ManagedRocksDB.java
index 3401469f6824..420da42a0be0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/managed/ManagedRocksDB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/managed-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/managed/ManagedRocksDB.java
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ public static ManagedRocksDB openReadOnly(
     );
   }
 
+  public static ManagedRocksDB openAsSecondary(
+      final ManagedOptions options,
+      final String dbPath,
+      final String secondaryDbLogFilePath)
+      throws RocksDBException {
+    return new ManagedRocksDB(RocksDB.openAsSecondary(options, dbPath, secondaryDbLogFilePath));
+  }
+
   public static ManagedRocksDB open(
       final DBOptions options, final String path,
       final List<ColumnFamilyDescriptor> columnFamilyDescriptors,