diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieCommitMetadata.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieCommitMetadata.java
index 475f75ccc..fcca3203b 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieCommitMetadata.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieCommitMetadata.java
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ public class HoodieCommitMetadata implements Serializable {
     long totalInsertRecordsWritten = 0;
     for (List<HoodieWriteStat> stats : partitionToWriteStats.values()) {
       for (HoodieWriteStat stat : stats) {
-        if (stat.getPrevCommit() != null && stat.getPrevCommit().equalsIgnoreCase("null")) {
+        // determine insert rows in every file
+        if (stat.getPrevCommit() != null) {
           totalInsertRecordsWritten += stat.getNumInserts();
         }
       }