diff --git a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java
index 0e3ede871c3..f1c935d00b7 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 public class TieredMessageStore extends AbstractPluginMessageStore {
 
     protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MessageStoreUtil.TIERED_STORE_LOGGER_NAME);
+    protected static final long MIN_STORE_TIME = -1L;
 
     protected final String brokerName;
     protected final MessageStore defaultStore;
@@ -310,24 +311,21 @@ public long getEarliestMessageTime(String topic, int queueId) {
         return getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(topic, queueId).join();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * In the original design, getting the earliest time of the first message
+     * would generate two RPC requests. However, using the timestamp stored in the metadata
+     * avoids these requests, although this approach might introduce some level of inaccuracy.
+     */
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Long> getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(String topic, int queueId) {
-        long nextEarliestMessageTime = next.getEarliestMessageTime(topic, queueId);
-        long finalNextEarliestMessageTime = nextEarliestMessageTime > 0 ? nextEarliestMessageTime : Long.MAX_VALUE;
-        Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted();
+        long localMinTime = next.getEarliestMessageTime(topic, queueId);
         return fetcher.getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(topic, queueId)
-            .thenApply(time -> {
-                Attributes latencyAttributes = TieredStoreMetricsManager.newAttributesBuilder()
-                    .put(TieredStoreMetricsConstant.LABEL_OPERATION, TieredStoreMetricsConstant.OPERATION_API_GET_EARLIEST_MESSAGE_TIME)
-                    .put(TieredStoreMetricsConstant.LABEL_TOPIC, topic)
-                    .build();
-                TieredStoreMetricsManager.apiLatency.record(stopwatch.elapsed(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), latencyAttributes);
-                if (time < 0) {
-                    log.debug("GetEarliestMessageTimeAsync failed, try to get earliest message time from next store: topic: {}, queue: {}",
-                        topic, queueId);
-                    return finalNextEarliestMessageTime != Long.MAX_VALUE ? finalNextEarliestMessageTime : -1;
+            .thenApply(remoteMinTime -> {
+                if (localMinTime > MIN_STORE_TIME && remoteMinTime > MIN_STORE_TIME) {
+                    return Math.min(localMinTime, remoteMinTime);
                 }
-                return Math.min(finalNextEarliestMessageTime, time);
+                return localMinTime > MIN_STORE_TIME ? localMinTime :
+                    (remoteMinTime > MIN_STORE_TIME ? remoteMinTime : MIN_STORE_TIME);
             });
     }
 
diff --git a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/core/MessageStoreFetcherImpl.java b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/core/MessageStoreFetcherImpl.java
index bc347bd5b47..9e5ab01d3b8 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/core/MessageStoreFetcherImpl.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/core/MessageStoreFetcherImpl.java
@@ -375,14 +375,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<GetMessageResult> getMessageAsync(
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Long> getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(String topic, int queueId) {
         FlatMessageFile flatFile = flatFileStore.getFlatFile(new MessageQueue(topic, brokerName, queueId));
-        if (flatFile == null) {
-            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(-1L);
-        }
-
-        // read from timestamp to timestamp + length
-        int length = MessageFormatUtil.STORE_TIMESTAMP_POSITION + 8;
-        return flatFile.getCommitLogAsync(flatFile.getCommitLogMinOffset(), length)
-            .thenApply(MessageFormatUtil::getStoreTimeStamp);
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(flatFile == null ? -1L : flatFile.getMinStoreTimestamp());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/file/FlatMessageFile.java b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/file/FlatMessageFile.java
index 4510a8a1271..ade37149d68 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/file/FlatMessageFile.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/file/FlatMessageFile.java
@@ -178,16 +178,20 @@ public AppendResult appendConsumeQueue(DispatchRequest request) {
         return consumeQueue.append(buffer, request.getStoreTimestamp());
     }
 
-
-
     @Override
     public void release() {
-
     }
 
     @Override
     public long getMinStoreTimestamp() {
-        return commitLog.getMinTimestamp();
+        long minStoreTime = -1L;
+        if (Long.MAX_VALUE != commitLog.getMinTimestamp()) {
+            minStoreTime = Math.max(minStoreTime, commitLog.getMinTimestamp());
+        }
+        if (Long.MAX_VALUE != consumeQueue.getMinTimestamp()) {
+            minStoreTime = Math.max(minStoreTime, consumeQueue.getMinTimestamp());
+        }
+        return minStoreTime;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStoreTest.java b/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStoreTest.java
index 2f395584829..bb259ae811a 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStoreTest.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStoreTest.java
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public void testGetMinOffsetInQueue() {
     @Test
     public void testGetEarliestMessageTimeAsync() {
         when(fetcher.getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(anyString(), anyInt())).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(1L));
-        Assert.assertEquals(1, (long) currentStore.getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(mq.getTopic(), mq.getQueueId()).join());
+        Assert.assertEquals(0, (long) currentStore.getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(mq.getTopic(), mq.getQueueId()).join());
 
         when(fetcher.getEarliestMessageTimeAsync(anyString(), anyInt())).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(-1L));
         when(defaultStore.getEarliestMessageTime(anyString(), anyInt())).thenReturn(2L);