diff --git a/src/disk_tool/disk_tool_resize.cpp b/src/disk_tool/disk_tool_resize.cpp
index 86e1879c..df59214b 100644
--- a/src/disk_tool/disk_tool_resize.cpp
+++ b/src/disk_tool/disk_tool_resize.cpp
@@ -575,15 +575,11 @@ int disk_tool_t::resize_rebuild_meta()
             new_meta_hdr->bitmap_granularity = dsk.bitmap_granularity ? dsk.bitmap_granularity : 4096;
             new_meta_hdr->data_csum_type = dsk.data_csum_type;
             new_meta_hdr->csum_block_size = dsk.csum_block_size;
-            new_meta_hdr->completed_lsn = hdr->completed_lsn;
+            new_meta_hdr->completed_lsn = hdr ? hdr->completed_lsn : 0;
             new_meta_hdr->meta_area_size = new_meta_len;
             new_meta_hdr->header_csum = 0;
             new_meta_hdr->header_csum = crc32c(0, new_meta_hdr, new_meta_hdr->version == BLOCKSTORE_META_FORMAT_HEAP
                 ? sizeof(blockstore_meta_header_v3_t) : sizeof(blockstore_meta_header_v2_t));
-            if (hdr->version == BLOCKSTORE_META_FORMAT_HEAP && new_meta_format != BLOCKSTORE_META_FORMAT_HEAP)
-            {
-                build_journal_start();
-            }
         },
         [&](blockstore_heap_t *heap, heap_entry_t *obj, uint32_t meta_block_num)
         {