diff --git a/internal/databases/mysql/mysql_binlog.go b/internal/databases/mysql/mysql_binlog.go
index e11152d76..42024a8c6 100644
--- a/internal/databases/mysql/mysql_binlog.go
+++ b/internal/databases/mysql/mysql_binlog.go
@@ -141,8 +141,12 @@ func GetBinlogStartTimestamp(filename string, flavor string) (time.Time, error)
 	parser.SetFlavor(flavor)
 	parser.SetVerifyChecksum(false) // the faster, the better
 	parser.SetRawMode(true)         // choose events to parse manually
+
 	err := parser.ParseFile(filename, 0, func(event *replication.BinlogEvent) error {
 		ts = event.Header.Timestamp
+		if ts == 0 {
+			return nil // keep reading until first event with timestamp is found
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("shallow file read finished")
 	})
 	if err != nil && ts == 0 {