diff --git a/kernel/lib_log.h b/kernel/lib_log.h
index d1dbb5b4..f9e220db 100644
--- a/kernel/lib_log.h
+++ b/kernel/lib_log.h
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ int log_scan(void *buf, int len, loff_t file_pos, int file_offset, bool sloppy,
 		DATA_GET(buf, offset, lh->l_written.tv_sec);
 		DATA_GET(buf, offset, lh->l_written.tv_nsec);
 
-		if (unlikely(lh->l_seq_nr != *seq_nr + 1 && lh->l_seq_nr && *seq_nr)) {
+		if (unlikely(lh->l_seq_nr > *seq_nr + 1 && lh->l_seq_nr && *seq_nr)) {
 			MARS_ERR(SCAN_TXT "record sequence number %u mismatch, expected was %u\n", SCAN_PAR, lh->l_seq_nr, *seq_nr + 1);
 			return -EBADMSG;
+		} else if (unlikely(lh->l_seq_nr != *seq_nr + 1 && lh->l_seq_nr && *seq_nr)) {
+			MARS_WRN(SCAN_TXT "record sequence number %u mismatch, expected was %u\n", SCAN_PAR, lh->l_seq_nr, *seq_nr + 1);
 		}
 		*seq_nr = lh->l_seq_nr;