diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index 02ae2a140..e3fb8a3f5 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -805,6 +805,15 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 	if err != nil && err != record.ErrNotFound {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "find last checkpoint")
 	}
+
+	// Find the last segment.
+	_, endAt, e := wal.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
+	if e != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(e, "finding WAL segments")
+	}
+
+	h.startWALReplayStatus(startFrom, endAt)
+
 	multiRef := map[uint64]uint64{}
 	if err == nil {
 		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
@@ -822,22 +831,16 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 		if err := h.loadWAL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef, mmappedChunks); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "backfill checkpoint")
 		}
+		h.updateWALReplayStatusRead(startFrom)
 		startFrom++
 		level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "WAL checkpoint loaded")
 	}
 	checkpointReplayDuration := time.Since(checkpointReplayStart)
 
 	walReplayStart := time.Now()
-	// Find the last segment.
-	_, last, err := wal.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "finding WAL segments")
-	}
-
-	h.startWALReplayStatus(startFrom, last)
 
 	// Backfill segments from the most recent checkpoint onwards.
-	for i := startFrom; i <= last; i++ {
+	for i := startFrom; i <= endAt; i++ {
 		s, err := wal.OpenReadSegment(wal.SegmentName(h.wal.Dir(), i))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("open WAL segment: %d", i))
@@ -851,7 +854,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "WAL segment loaded", "segment", i, "maxSegment", last)
+		level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "WAL segment loaded", "segment", i, "maxSegment", endAt)
 		h.updateWALReplayStatusRead(i)
 	}