diff --git a/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLog.cs b/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLog.cs
index ebc47da8c..d3fe4e92b 100644
--- a/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLog.cs
+++ b/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLog.cs
@@ -976,8 +976,7 @@ public async ValueTask<int> ReadRecordLengthAsync(long address, CancellationToke
                 allocator.AsyncReadRecordToMemory(address, headerSize, AsyncGetHeaderOnlyFromDiskCallback, ref ctx);
             }
             epoch.Suspend();
-            await ctx.completedRead.WaitAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            
+            await ctx.completedRead.WaitAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);          
             return GetRecordLengthAndFree(ctx.record);
         }
 
@@ -1624,10 +1623,7 @@ private int GetRecordLengthAndFree(SectorAlignedMemory record)
                 var ptr = record.GetValidPointer();
                 length = GetLength(ptr);
 
-                if (!VerifyChecksum(ptr, length))
-                {
-                    throw new FasterException("Checksum failed for read");
-                }
+                // forego checksum verification since record may not be read in full by AsyncGetHeaderOnlyFromDiskCallback()
             }
 
             record.Return();
diff --git a/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLogIterator.cs b/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLogIterator.cs
index 1a2a053e9..b5704d37d 100644
--- a/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLogIterator.cs
+++ b/cs/src/core/Index/FasterLog/FasterLogIterator.cs
@@ -342,10 +342,13 @@ public void CompleteUntil(long address)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="recordStartAddress"></param>
         /// <param name="token"></param>
-        public async ValueTask CompleteUntilRecordAtAsync(long recordStartAddress, CancellationToken token = default)
+        /// <returns>The actual completion address (end address of the record)</returns>
+        public async ValueTask<long> CompleteUntilRecordAtAsync(long recordStartAddress, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
             int len = await fasterLog.ReadRecordLengthAsync(recordStartAddress, token: token);
-            CompleteUntil(recordStartAddress + headerSize + len);
+            long endAddress = recordStartAddress + headerSize + Align(len);
+            CompleteUntil(endAddress);
+            return endAddress;
         }
 
         internal void UpdateCompletedUntilAddress(long address)