diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/Log.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/Log.scala
index aefab7fee341e..7ad43b4c92c6b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/Log.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/Log.scala
@@ -633,6 +633,15 @@ class Log(@volatile var dir: File,
       activeSegment.resizeIndexes(config.maxIndexSize)
       nextOffset
     } else {
+       if (logSegments.isEmpty) {
+          addSegment(LogSegment.open(dir = dir,
+            baseOffset = 0,
+            config,
+            time = time,
+            fileAlreadyExists = false,
+            initFileSize = this.initFileSize,
+            preallocate = false))
+       }
       0
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogTest.scala
index 8fb65ff213202..9cd53e529ba93 100755
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/log/LogTest.scala
@@ -3741,7 +3741,17 @@ class LogTest {
     assertEquals(new AbortedTransaction(pid, 0), fetchDataInfo.abortedTransactions.get.head)
   }
 
- private def allAbortedTransactions(log: Log) = log.logSegments.flatMap(_.txnIndex.allAbortedTxns)
+  @Test
+  def testLoadPartitionDirWithNoSegmentsShouldNotThrow() {
+    val dirName = Log.logDeleteDirName(new TopicPartition("foo", 3))
+    val logDir = new File(tmpDir, dirName)
+    logDir.mkdirs()
+    val logConfig = LogTest.createLogConfig()
+    val log = createLog(logDir, logConfig)
+    assertEquals(1, log.numberOfSegments)
+  }
+
+  private def allAbortedTransactions(log: Log) = log.logSegments.flatMap(_.txnIndex.allAbortedTxns)
 
   private def appendTransactionalAsLeader(log: Log, producerId: Long, producerEpoch: Short): Int => Unit = {
     var sequence = 0