diff --git a/apps/emqx_replay/test/emqx_replay_local_store_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_replay/test/emqx_replay_local_store_SUITE.erl
index f36dda267..afed30b88 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_replay/test/emqx_replay_local_store_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_replay/test/emqx_replay_local_store_SUITE.erl
@@ -190,13 +190,49 @@ t_iterate_multigen(_Config) ->
         lists:sort([binary_to_term(Payload) || Payload <- iterate(?ZONE, "a/#", 60)])
     ).
 
+t_iterate_multigen_preserve_restore(_Config) ->
+    ReplayID = atom_to_binary(?FUNCTION_NAME),
+    {ok, 1} = emqx_replay_local_store:create_generation(?ZONE, 10, ?COMPACT_CONFIG),
+    {ok, 2} = emqx_replay_local_store:create_generation(?ZONE, 50, ?DEFAULT_CONFIG),
+    {ok, 3} = emqx_replay_local_store:create_generation(?ZONE, 100, ?DEFAULT_CONFIG),
+    Topics = ["foo/bar", "foo/bar/baz", "a/bar"],
+    Timestamps = lists:seq(1, 100),
+    TopicFilter = "foo/#",
+    TopicsMatching = ["foo/bar", "foo/bar/baz"],
+    _ = [
+        store(?ZONE, TS, Topic, term_to_binary({Topic, TS}))
+     || Topic <- Topics, TS <- Timestamps
+    ],
+    It0 = iterator(?ZONE, TopicFilter, 0),
+    {It1, Res10} = iterate(It0, 10),
+    % preserve mid-generation
+    ok = emqx_replay_local_store:preserve_iterator(It1, ReplayID),
+    {ok, It2} = emqx_replay_local_store:restore_iterator(?ZONE, ReplayID),
+    {It3, Res100} = iterate(It2, 88),
+    % preserve on the generation boundary
+    ok = emqx_replay_local_store:preserve_iterator(It3, ReplayID),
+    {ok, It4} = emqx_replay_local_store:restore_iterator(?ZONE, ReplayID),
+    {It5, Res200} = iterate(It4, 1000),
+    ?assertEqual(none, It5),
+    ?assertEqual(
+        lists:sort([{Topic, TS} || Topic <- TopicsMatching, TS <- Timestamps]),
+        lists:sort([binary_to_term(Payload) || Payload <- Res10 ++ Res100 ++ Res200])
+    ),
+    ?assertEqual(
+        ok,
+        emqx_replay_local_store:discard_iterator(?ZONE, ReplayID)
+    ),
+    ?assertEqual(
+        {error, not_found},
+        emqx_replay_local_store:restore_iterator(?ZONE, ReplayID)
+    ).
+
 store(Zone, PublishedAt, Topic, Payload) ->
     ID = emqx_guid:gen(),
     emqx_replay_local_store:store(Zone, ID, PublishedAt, parse_topic(Topic), Payload).
 
 iterate(DB, TopicFilter, StartTime) ->
-    {ok, It} = emqx_replay_local_store:make_iterator(DB, {parse_topic(TopicFilter), StartTime}),
-    iterate(It).
+    iterate(iterator(DB, TopicFilter, StartTime)).
 
 iterate(It) ->
     case emqx_replay_local_store:next(It) of
@@ -206,6 +242,21 @@ iterate(It) ->
             []
     end.
 
+iterate(It, 0) ->
+    {It, []};
+iterate(It, N) ->
+    case emqx_replay_local_store:next(It) of
+        {value, Payload, ItNext} ->
+            {ItFinal, Ps} = iterate(ItNext, N - 1),
+            {ItFinal, [Payload | Ps]};
+        none ->
+            {none, []}
+    end.
+
+iterator(DB, TopicFilter, StartTime) ->
+    {ok, It} = emqx_replay_local_store:make_iterator(DB, {parse_topic(TopicFilter), StartTime}),
+    It.
+
 parse_topic(Topic = [L | _]) when is_binary(L); is_atom(L) ->
     Topic;
 parse_topic(Topic) ->