diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.cc b/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.cc
index f0502fc0a20..7bb4e56b9fa 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.cc
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ Status DBImplSecondary::RecoverLogFiles(
     auto it = log_readers_.find(log_number);
     assert(it != log_readers_.end());
     log::FragmentBufferedReader* reader = it->second->reader_;
-    Status* wal_read_status = it->second->status_;
-    assert(wal_read_status);
     // Manually update the file number allocation counter in VersionSet.
     versions_->MarkFileNumberUsed(log_number);
 
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@ Status DBImplSecondary::RecoverLogFiles(
 
     while (reader->ReadRecord(&record, &scratch,
                               immutable_db_options_.wal_recovery_mode) &&
-           wal_read_status->ok() && status.ok()) {
+           status.ok()) {
       if (record.size() < WriteBatchInternal::kHeader) {
         reader->GetReporter()->Corruption(
             record.size(), Status::Corruption("log record too small"));
@@ -323,9 +321,6 @@ Status DBImplSecondary::RecoverLogFiles(
         reader->GetReporter()->Corruption(record.size(), status);
       }
     }
-    if (status.ok() && !wal_read_status->ok()) {
-      status = *wal_read_status;
-    }
     if (!status.ok()) {
       return status;
     }
diff --git a/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.h b/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.h
index f1a40af3792..f8924beb5cc 100644
--- a/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.h
+++ b/db/db_impl/db_impl_secondary.h
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@ namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 // A wrapper class to hold log reader, log reporter, log status.
 class LogReaderContainer {
  public:
-  LogReaderContainer()
-      : reader_(nullptr), reporter_(nullptr), status_(nullptr) {}
+  LogReaderContainer() : reader_(nullptr), reporter_(nullptr) {}
   LogReaderContainer(Env* env, std::shared_ptr<Logger> info_log,
                      std::string fname,
                      std::unique_ptr<SequentialFileReader>&& file_reader,
                      uint64_t log_number) {
     LogReporter* reporter = new LogReporter();
-    status_ = new Status();
     reporter->env = env;
     reporter->info_log = info_log.get();
     reporter->fname = std::move(fname);
-    reporter->status = status_;
     reporter_ = reporter;
     // We intentially make log::Reader do checksumming even if
     // paranoid_checks==false so that corruptions cause entire commits
@@ -40,11 +37,9 @@ class LogReaderContainer {
   }
   log::FragmentBufferedReader* reader_;
   log::Reader::Reporter* reporter_;
-  Status* status_;
   ~LogReaderContainer() {
     delete reader_;
     delete reporter_;
-    delete status_;
   }
 
  private: