diff --git a/src/meta/raft-store/src/applier.rs b/src/meta/raft-store/src/applier.rs
index e570d36128a5..1e9209328fdf 100644
--- a/src/meta/raft-store/src/applier.rs
+++ b/src/meta/raft-store/src/applier.rs
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ impl<'a> Applier<'a> {
         info!("to clean expired kvs, log_time_ts: {}", log_time_ms);
 
         let mut to_clean = vec![];
-        let mut strm = self.sm.list_expire_index().await?;
+        let mut strm = self.sm.list_expire_index(log_time_ms).await?;
 
         {
             let mut strm = std::pin::pin!(strm);
diff --git a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/leveled_store/level.rs b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/leveled_store/level.rs
index ac560b330f58..760151d70e37 100644
--- a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/leveled_store/level.rs
+++ b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/leveled_store/level.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::ops::RangeBounds;
 
 use databend_common_meta_types::KVMeta;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use log::warn;
 
 use crate::sm_v002::leveled_store::map_api::AsMap;
 use crate::sm_v002::leveled_store::map_api::KVResultStream;
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ impl MapApiRO<String> for Level {
             .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
+        if vec.len() > 1000 {
+            warn!(
+                "Level::<ExpireKey>::range() returns big range of len={}",
+                vec.len()
+            );
+        }
+
         let strm = futures::stream::iter(vec).map(Ok).boxed();
         Ok(strm)
     }
@@ -159,6 +167,13 @@ impl MapApiRO<ExpireKey> for Level {
             .map(|(k, v)| (*k, v.clone()))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
+        if vec.len() > 1000 {
+            warn!(
+                "Level::<ExpireKey>::range() returns big range of len={}",
+                vec.len()
+            );
+        }
+
         let strm = futures::stream::iter(vec).map(Ok).boxed();
         Ok(strm)
     }
diff --git a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002.rs b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002.rs
index ed24e0d180fd..2cab6181d335 100644
--- a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002.rs
+++ b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002.rs
@@ -299,12 +299,26 @@ impl SMV002 {
         self.expire_cursor = ExpireKey::new(log_time_ms, 0);
     }
 
-    /// List expiration index by expiration time.
+    /// List expiration index by expiration time,
+    /// upto current time(exclusive) in milli seconds.
+    ///
+    /// Only records with expire time less than current time will be returned.
+    /// Expire time that equals to current time is not considered expired.
     pub(crate) async fn list_expire_index(
         &self,
+        curr_time_ms: u64,
     ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<(ExpireKey, String), io::Error>> + '_, io::Error> {
         let start = self.expire_cursor;
-        let strm = self.levels.expire_map().range(start..).await?;
+
+        // curr_time > expire_at => expired
+        let end = ExpireKey::new(curr_time_ms, 0);
+
+        // There is chance the raft leader produce smaller timestamp for later logs.
+        if start >= end {
+            return Ok(futures::stream::empty().boxed());
+        }
+
+        let strm = self.levels.expire_map().range(start..end).await?;
 
         let strm = strm
             // Return only non-deleted records
@@ -313,7 +327,7 @@ impl SMV002 {
                 future::ready(Ok(expire_entry))
             });
 
-        Ok(strm)
+        Ok(strm.boxed())
     }
 
     pub fn sys_data_ref(&self) -> &SysData {
diff --git a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002_test.rs b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002_test.rs
index 4633d0434188..0bf37600a64a 100644
--- a/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002_test.rs
+++ b/src/meta/raft-store/src/sm_v002/sm_v002_test.rs
@@ -221,8 +221,25 @@ async fn test_internal_expire_index() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 async fn test_list_expire_index() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut sm = build_sm_with_expire().await?;
 
+    let curr_time_ms = 5000;
     let got = sm
-        .list_expire_index()
+        .list_expire_index(curr_time_ms)
+        .await?
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await?;
+    assert!(got.is_empty());
+
+    let curr_time_ms = 5001;
+    let got = sm
+        .list_expire_index(curr_time_ms)
+        .await?
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await?;
+    assert_eq!(got, vec![(ExpireKey::new(5000, 2), s("b")),]);
+
+    let curr_time_ms = 20_001;
+    let got = sm
+        .list_expire_index(curr_time_ms)
         .await?
         .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .await?;
@@ -234,8 +251,9 @@ async fn test_list_expire_index() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     sm.update_expire_cursor(15000);
 
+    let curr_time_ms = 20_001;
     let got = sm
-        .list_expire_index()
+        .list_expire_index(curr_time_ms)
         .await?
         .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .await?;
@@ -260,8 +278,16 @@ async fn test_inserting_expired_becomes_deleting() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     assert_eq!(sm.get_maybe_expired_kv("a").await?, None, "a is expired");
 
+    // List until 20_000 ms
+    let got = sm
+        .list_expire_index(20_000)
+        .await?
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await?;
+    assert!(got.is_empty());
+
     let got = sm
-        .list_expire_index()
+        .list_expire_index(20_001)
         .await?
         .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .await?;