diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
index ec2a60a6..4ab9bb18 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
         }
 
         let mut resp = CheckPartsResp {
-            results: Vec::with_capacity(fi.parts.len()),
+            results: vec![0; fi.parts.len()],
         };
 
         let erasure = &fi.erasure;
diff --git a/ecstore/src/store.rs b/ecstore/src/store.rs
index 4a7e06ec..23a17596 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/store.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/store.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl ECStore {
             disk_map,
             pools,
             peer_sys,
-            pool_meta: pool_meta.into(),
+            pool_meta: RwLock::new(pool_meta),
             rebalance_meta: RwLock::new(None),
             decommission_cancelers,
         });
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl ECStore {
         meta.load(self.pools[0].clone(), self.pools.clone()).await?;
         let update = meta.validate(self.pools.clone())?;
 
-        if update {
+        if !update {
             {
                 let mut pool_meta = self.pool_meta.write().await;
                 *pool_meta = meta.clone();
diff --git a/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/rebalance.rs b/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/rebalance.rs
index 65b5277f..fefd7df4 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/rebalance.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/rebalance.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use ecstore::{
+    config::error::is_err_config_not_found,
     new_object_layer_fn,
     notification_sys::get_global_notification_sys,
     rebalance::{DiskStat, RebalSaveOpt},
@@ -128,9 +129,13 @@ impl Operation for RebalanceStatus {
         };
 
         let mut meta = RebalanceMeta::new();
-        meta.load(store.pools[0].clone())
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| s3_error!(InternalError, "Failed to load rebalance meta: {}", e))?;
+        if let Err(err) = meta.load(store.pools[0].clone()).await {
+            if is_err_config_not_found(&err) {
+                return Err(s3_error!(NoSuchResource, "Pool rebalance is not started"));
+            }
+
+            return Err(s3_error!(InternalError, "Failed to load rebalance meta: {}", err));
+        }
 
         // Compute disk usage percentage
         let si = store.storage_info().await;