diff --git a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/write/writer/RestorableTsFileIOWriter.java b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/write/writer/RestorableTsFileIOWriter.java
index 5fb2eb6c2..e01b741ca 100644
--- a/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/write/writer/RestorableTsFileIOWriter.java
+++ b/java/tsfile/src/main/java/org/apache/tsfile/write/writer/RestorableTsFileIOWriter.java
@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ public List<ChunkMetadata> getVisibleMetadataList(
     if (metadatasForQuery.containsKey(deviceId)
         && metadatasForQuery.get(deviceId).containsKey(measurementId)) {
       for (ChunkMetadata chunkMetaData : metadatasForQuery.get(deviceId).get(measurementId)) {
-        // filter: if a device'measurement is defined as float type, and data has been persistent.
-        // Then someone deletes the timeseries and recreate it with Int type. We have to ignore
-        // all the stale data.
-        if (dataType == null || dataType.equals(chunkMetaData.getDataType())) {
+        if (dataType == null || dataType.isCompatible(chunkMetaData.getDataType())) {
           chunkMetadataList.add(chunkMetaData);
         }
       }