In this paper we consider a linear elliptic equation in divergence form $$\begin{aligned} \sum _{i,j}D_j(a_{ij}(x)D_i u )=0 \quad \hbox {in } \Omega . \end{aligned}$$
∑
i
,
j
D
j
(
a
ij
(
x
)
D
i
u
)
=
0
in
Ω
.
Assuming the coefficients $$a_{ij}$$
a
ij
in $$W^{1,n}(\Omega )$$
W
1
,
n
(
Ω
)
with a modulus of continuity satisfying a certain Dini-type continuity condition, we prove that any very weak solution $$u\in L^{n'}_\mathrm{loc}(\Omega )$$
u
∈
L
loc
n
′
(
Ω
)
of (0.1) is actually a weak solution in $$W^{1,2}_\mathrm{loc}(\Omega )$$
W
loc
1
,
2
(
Ω
)
.