diff --git a/src/v/cluster/partition.cc b/src/v/cluster/partition.cc
index 39b584f40fded..a0dc82fe5f44e 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/partition.cc
+++ b/src/v/cluster/partition.cc
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ partition::timequery(storage::timequery_config cfg) {
           _raft->get_offset_translator_state()->from_log_offset(
             _raft->start_offset()),
           local_query_cfg.min_offset);
+
+        // If the min_offset is ahead of max_offset, the local log is empty
+        // or was truncated since the timequery_config was created.
+        if (local_query_cfg.min_offset > local_query_cfg.max_offset) {
+            co_return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
         auto result = co_await local_timequery(
           local_query_cfg, may_answer_from_cloud);
         if (result.has_value()) {
@@ -657,6 +664,13 @@ partition::timequery(storage::timequery_config cfg) {
               _raft->get_offset_translator_state()->from_log_offset(
                 _raft->start_offset()),
               local_query_cfg.min_offset);
+
+            // If the min_offset is ahead of max_offset, the local log is empty
+            // or was truncated since the timequery_config was created.
+            if (local_query_cfg.min_offset > local_query_cfg.max_offset) {
+                co_return std::nullopt;
+            }
+
             co_return co_await local_timequery(local_query_cfg, false);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/timequery_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/timequery_test.py
index 2056ea81297a2..19207f1950fa2 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/timequery_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/timequery_test.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 # by the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 import concurrent.futures
+import datetime
 import re
 import threading
 from logging import Logger
+import time
 from typing import Callable
 
 from rptest.services.admin import Admin
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 from rptest.clients.types import TopicSpec
 from rptest.clients.rpk import RpkTool
 from rptest.clients.kafka_cat import KafkaCat
-from rptest.util import (wait_until, wait_for_local_storage_truncate,
-                         wait_until_result)
+from rptest.util import (segments_count, wait_until,
+                         wait_for_local_storage_truncate, wait_until_result)
 
 from rptest.services.kgo_verifier_services import KgoVerifierProducer
 from rptest.utils.si_utils import BucketView, NTP
@@ -623,6 +625,58 @@ def test_timequery_with_spillover_gc_delayed(self):
                 else:
                     assert offset == o, f"Expected {o}, got {offset}"
 
+    @cluster(num_nodes=4)
+    def test_timequery_empty_local_log(self):
+        self.set_up_cluster(cloud_storage=True,
+                            batch_cache=False,
+                            spillover=False)
+
+        total_segments = 3
+        record_size = 1024
+        base_ts = 1664453149000
+        msg_count = (self.log_segment_size * total_segments) // record_size
+        local_retention = 1  # Any value works for this test.
+        topic, timestamps = self._create_and_produce(self.redpanda, True,
+                                                     local_retention, base_ts,
+                                                     record_size, msg_count)
+
+        # Confirm messages written
+        rpk = RpkTool(self.redpanda)
+        p = next(rpk.describe_topic(topic.name))
+        assert p.high_watermark == msg_count
+
+        # Restart the cluster to force segment roll. The newly created segment
+        # will have no user data which is what we want to test.
+        self.redpanda.restart_nodes(self.redpanda.nodes)
+        wait_until(lambda: len(list(rpk.describe_topic(topic.name))) > 0,
+                   30,
+                   backoff_sec=2)
+
+        wait_until(
+            lambda: next(segments_count(self.redpanda, topic.name, 0)) == 1,
+            timeout_sec=30,
+            backoff_sec=2,
+            err_msg="Expected only one segment to be present")
+
+        kcat = KafkaCat(self.redpanda)
+
+        # Query below valid timestamps the offset of the first message.
+        offset = kcat.query_offset(topic.name, 0, timestamps[0] - 1000)
+        assert offset == 0, f"Expected 0, got {offset}"
+
+        # Query with a timestamp in-between cloud log and the configuration
+        # batch present in the local log.
+        offset = kcat.query_offset(topic.name, 0,
+                                   timestamps[msg_count - 1] + 1000)
+        assert offset == -1, f"Expected -1, got {offset}"
+
+        # Query with a timestamp in the future.
+        offset = kcat.query_offset(
+            topic.name, 0,
+            int(time.time() + datetime.timedelta(days=1).total_seconds()) *
+            1000)
+        assert offset == -1, f"Expected -1, got {offset}"
+
 
 class TimeQueryKafkaTest(Test, BaseTimeQuery):
     """