diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_bitfield_lts.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_bitfield_lts.erl
index 2ec6674b6..1cbdb92ee 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_bitfield_lts.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_bitfield_lts.erl
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     data :: rocksdb:cf_handle(),
     trie :: emqx_ds_lts:trie(),
     keymappers :: array:array(emqx_ds_bitmask_keymapper:keymapper()),
+    ts_bits :: non_neg_integer(),
     ts_offset :: non_neg_integer()
 }).
 
@@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ open(_Shard, DBHandle, GenId, CFRefs, Schema) ->
         data = DataCF,
         trie = Trie,
         keymappers = KeymapperCache,
-        ts_offset = TSOffsetBits
+        ts_offset = TSOffsetBits,
+        ts_bits = TSBits
     }.
 
 -spec post_creation_actions(emqx_ds_storage_layer:post_creation_context()) ->
@@ -348,13 +350,39 @@ update_iterator(
 ) ->
     {ok, OldIter#{?last_seen_key => DSKey}}.
 
-next(Shard, Schema = #s{ts_offset = TSOffset}, It, BatchSize) ->
-    %% Compute safe cutoff time.
-    %% It's the point in time where the last complete epoch ends, so we need to know
-    %% the current time to compute it.
+next(
+    Shard,
+    Schema = #s{ts_offset = TSOffset, ts_bits = TSBits},
+    It = #{?topic_filter := TF, ?storage_key := Stream},
+    BatchSize
+) ->
     init_counters(),
-    Now = emqx_ds:timestamp_us(),
-    SafeCutoffTime = (Now bsr TSOffset) bsl TSOffset,
+    %% Compute safe cutoff time. It's the point in time where the last
+    %% complete epoch ends, so we need to know the current time to
+    %% compute it. This is needed because new keys can be added before
+    %% the iterator.
+    IsWildcard =
+        case Stream of
+            {_StaticKey, []} -> false;
+            _ -> true
+        end,
+    SafeCutoffTime =
+        case IsWildcard of
+            true ->
+                Now = emqx_ds:timestamp_us(),
+                (Now bsr TSOffset) bsl TSOffset;
+            false ->
+                %% Iterators scanning streams without varying topic
+                %% levels can operate on incomplete epochs, since new
+                %% matching keys for the single topic are added in
+                %% lexicographic order.
+                %%
+                %% Note: this DOES NOT apply to non-wildcard topic
+                %% filters operating on streams with varying parts:
+                %% iterator can jump to the next topic and then it
+                %% won't backtrack.
+                1 bsl TSBits - 1
+        end,
     try
         next_until(Schema, It, SafeCutoffTime, BatchSize)
     after