diff --git a/src/ra_log_reader.erl b/src/ra_log_reader.erl
index daa60147..9ec04c3b 100644
--- a/src/ra_log_reader.erl
+++ b/src/ra_log_reader.erl
@@ -235,9 +235,18 @@ exec_read_plan(Dir, Plan, Open0, TransformFun, Options, Acc0)
                   {ok, _, Acc} ->
                       {Acc, Open2};
                   {error, modified} ->
+                      %% if the segment has been modified since it was opened
+                      %% it is not safe to attempt the read as the read plan
+                      %% may refer to indexes that weren't in the segment at
+                      %% that time. In this case we evict all segments and
+                      %% re-open what we need.
                       {_, Open3} = ra_flru:evict(BaseName, Open2),
                       {SegNew, Open} = get_segment_ext(Dir, Open3, BaseName, Options),
-                      {ok, _, Acc} = ra_log_segment:read_sparse(SegNew, Idxs, Fun, Acc1),
+                      %% at this point we can read without checking for modification
+                      %% as the read plan would have been created before we
+                      %% read the index from the segment
+                      {ok, _, Acc} = ra_log_segment:read_sparse_no_checks(
+                                       SegNew, Idxs, Fun, Acc1),
                       {Acc, Open}
               end
       end, {Acc0, Open0}, Plan).
diff --git a/src/ra_log_segment.erl b/src/ra_log_segment.erl
index 269da3fc..39174c5f 100644
--- a/src/ra_log_segment.erl
+++ b/src/ra_log_segment.erl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
          fold/6,
          is_modified/1,
          read_sparse/4,
+         read_sparse_no_checks/4,
          term_query/2,
          close/1,
          range/1,
@@ -299,7 +300,8 @@ is_modified(#state{cfg = #cfg{fd = Fd},
             false;
         false ->
             %% get info and compare to data_offset
-            {ok, #file_info{size = Size}} =  prim_file:read_handle_info(Fd),
+            {ok, #file_info{size = Size}} =
+                prim_file:read_handle_info(Fd, [posix]),
             Size > DataOffset
     end.
 
@@ -308,17 +310,25 @@ is_modified(#state{cfg = #cfg{fd = Fd},
                   Acc) ->
     {ok, NumRead :: non_neg_integer(), Acc} | {error, modified}
       when Acc :: term().
-read_sparse(#state{index = Index,
-                   cfg = #cfg{fd = Fd}} = State,
-            Indexes, AccFun, Acc) ->
+read_sparse(#state{} = State, Indexes, AccFun, Acc) ->
     case is_modified(State) of
         true ->
             {error, modified};
         false ->
-            Cache0 = prepare_cache(Fd, Indexes, Index),
-            read_sparse0(Fd, Indexes, Index, Cache0, Acc, AccFun, 0)
+            read_sparse_no_checks(State, Indexes, AccFun, Acc)
     end.
 
+-spec read_sparse_no_checks(state(), [ra_index()],
+                            fun((ra:index(), ra_term(), binary(), Acc) -> Acc),
+                                Acc) ->
+    {ok, NumRead :: non_neg_integer(), Acc}
+      when Acc :: term().
+read_sparse_no_checks(#state{index = Index,
+                             cfg = #cfg{fd = Fd}},
+                      Indexes, AccFun, Acc) ->
+    Cache0 = prepare_cache(Fd, Indexes, Index),
+    read_sparse0(Fd, Indexes, Index, Cache0, Acc, AccFun, 0).
+
 read_sparse0(_Fd, [], _Index, _Cache, Acc, _AccFun, Num) ->
     {ok, Num, Acc};
 read_sparse0(Fd, [NextIdx | Rem] = Indexes, Index, Cache0, Acc, AccFun, Num)
diff --git a/test/ra_log_2_SUITE.erl b/test/ra_log_2_SUITE.erl
index 4a4daf7f..6c5816c2 100644
--- a/test/ra_log_2_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/ra_log_2_SUITE.erl
@@ -489,11 +489,13 @@ read_plan_modified(Config) ->
     Plan = ra_log:partial_read([1], Log2, fun (_, _, Cmd) -> Cmd end),
     {#{1 := _}, Flru} = ra_log_read_plan:execute(Plan, undefined),
 
-    Log = deliver_all_log_events(write_and_roll(2, 3, 1, Log2, 50), 100),
-    Plan2 = ra_log:partial_read([1,2], Log, fun (_, _, Cmd) -> Cmd end),
+    Log3 = deliver_all_log_events(write_and_roll(2, 3, 1, Log2, 50), 100),
+    Plan2 = ra_log:partial_read([1,2], Log3, fun (_, _, Cmd) -> Cmd end),
     %% assert we can read the newly appended item with the cached
     %% segment
-    {#{1 := _, 2 := _}, _} = ra_log_read_plan:execute(Plan2, Flru),
+    {#{1 := _, 2 := _}, Flru2} = ra_log_read_plan:execute(Plan2, Flru),
+    Log = deliver_all_log_events(write_and_roll(3, 4, 1, Log3, 50), 100),
+    {#{1 := _, 2 := _}, _} = ra_log_read_plan:execute(Plan2, Flru2),
     ra_log:close(Log),
     ok.
 
diff --git a/test/ra_log_segment_SUITE.erl b/test/ra_log_segment_SUITE.erl
index b2980218..c62cbd55 100644
--- a/test/ra_log_segment_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/ra_log_segment_SUITE.erl
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ full_file(Config) ->
     {ok, Seg} = ra_log_segment:append(Seg1, 2, 2, Data),
     {error, full} = ra_log_segment:append(Seg, 3, 2, Data),
     ?assertNot(ra_log_segment:is_modified(Seg)),
+    {ok, R} = ra_log_segment:open(Fn, #{mode => read}),
+    ?assertNot(ra_log_segment:is_modified(R)),
     {1,2} = ra_log_segment:range(Seg),
     ok = ra_log_segment:close(Seg),
     ok.