diff --git a/weed/storage/store.go b/weed/storage/store.go
index 7c41f1c35..cc07f8702 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store.go
@@ -292,7 +292,17 @@ func (s *Store) CollectHeartbeat() *master_pb.Heartbeat {
 	collectionVolumeReadOnlyCount := make(map[string]map[string]uint8)
 	for _, location := range s.Locations {
 		var deleteVids []needle.VolumeId
-		maxVolumeCounts[string(location.DiskType)] += uint32(location.MaxVolumeCount)
+		effectiveMaxCount := location.MaxVolumeCount
+		if location.isDiskSpaceLow {
+			usedSlots := int32(location.LocalVolumesLen())
+			ecShardCount := location.EcShardCount()
+			usedSlots += int32((ecShardCount + erasure_coding.DataShardsCount - 1) / erasure_coding.DataShardsCount)
+			effectiveMaxCount = usedSlots
+		}
+		if effectiveMaxCount < 0 {
+			effectiveMaxCount = 0
+		}
+		maxVolumeCounts[string(location.DiskType)] += uint32(effectiveMaxCount)
 		location.volumesLock.RLock()
 		for _, v := range location.volumes {
 			curMaxFileKey, volumeMessage := v.ToVolumeInformationMessage()
diff --git a/weed/storage/store_disk_space_test.go b/weed/storage/store_disk_space_test.go
index 284657e3c..884b8dda1 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store_disk_space_test.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store_disk_space_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/erasure_coding"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
 )
 
 func TestHasFreeDiskLocation(t *testing.T) {
@@ -92,3 +94,101 @@ func TestHasFreeDiskLocation(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func newTestLocation(maxCount int32, isDiskLow bool, volCount int) *DiskLocation {
+	location := &DiskLocation{
+		volumes:        make(map[needle.VolumeId]*Volume),
+		ecVolumes:      make(map[needle.VolumeId]*erasure_coding.EcVolume),
+		MaxVolumeCount: maxCount,
+		DiskType:       types.ToDiskType("hdd"),
+		isDiskSpaceLow: isDiskLow,
+	}
+	for i := 1; i <= volCount; i++ {
+		location.volumes[needle.VolumeId(i)] = &Volume{}
+	}
+	return location
+}
+
+func TestCollectHeartbeatRespectsLowDiskSpace(t *testing.T) {
+	diskType := types.ToDiskType("hdd")
+
+	t.Run("low disk space", func(t *testing.T) {
+		location := newTestLocation(10, true, 3)
+		store := &Store{Locations: []*DiskLocation{location}}
+
+		hb := store.CollectHeartbeat()
+		if got := hb.MaxVolumeCounts[string(diskType)]; got != 3 {
+			t.Errorf("expected low disk space to cap max volume count to used slots, got %d", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("normal disk space", func(t *testing.T) {
+		location := newTestLocation(10, false, 3)
+		store := &Store{Locations: []*DiskLocation{location}}
+
+		hb := store.CollectHeartbeat()
+		if got := hb.MaxVolumeCounts[string(diskType)]; got != 10 {
+			t.Errorf("expected normal disk space to report configured max volume count, got %d", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("low disk space zero volumes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		location := newTestLocation(10, true, 0)
+		store := &Store{Locations: []*DiskLocation{location}}
+
+		hb := store.CollectHeartbeat()
+		if got := hb.MaxVolumeCounts[string(diskType)]; got != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected zero volumes to report zero capacity, got %d", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("low disk space with ec shards", func(t *testing.T) {
+		location := newTestLocation(10, true, 3)
+
+		ecVolume := &erasure_coding.EcVolume{VolumeId: 1}
+		const shardCount = 15
+		for i := 0; i < shardCount; i++ {
+			ecVolume.Shards = append(ecVolume.Shards, &erasure_coding.EcVolumeShard{
+				ShardId: erasure_coding.ShardId(i),
+			})
+		}
+		location.ecVolumes[ecVolume.VolumeId] = ecVolume
+		store := &Store{Locations: []*DiskLocation{location}}
+
+		hb := store.CollectHeartbeat()
+		expectedSlots := len(location.volumes) + (shardCount+erasure_coding.DataShardsCount-1)/erasure_coding.DataShardsCount
+		if got := hb.MaxVolumeCounts[string(diskType)]; got != uint32(expectedSlots) {
+			t.Errorf("expected low disk space to include ec shard contribution, got %d want %d", got, expectedSlots)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("low disk space with multiple ec volumes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		location := newTestLocation(10, true, 2)
+
+		totalShardCount := 0
+
+		addEcVolume := func(vid needle.VolumeId, shardCount int) {
+			ecVolume := &erasure_coding.EcVolume{VolumeId: vid}
+			for i := 0; i < shardCount; i++ {
+				ecVolume.Shards = append(ecVolume.Shards, &erasure_coding.EcVolumeShard{
+					ShardId: erasure_coding.ShardId(i),
+				})
+			}
+			location.ecVolumes[vid] = ecVolume
+			totalShardCount += shardCount
+		}
+
+		addEcVolume(1, 12)
+		addEcVolume(2, 6)
+
+		store := &Store{Locations: []*DiskLocation{location}}
+
+		hb := store.CollectHeartbeat()
+		expectedSlots := len(location.volumes)
+		expectedSlots += (totalShardCount + erasure_coding.DataShardsCount - 1) / erasure_coding.DataShardsCount
+
+		if got := hb.MaxVolumeCounts[string(diskType)]; got != uint32(expectedSlots) {
+			t.Errorf("expected multiple ec volumes to be counted, got %d want %d", got, expectedSlots)
+		}
+	})
+}