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 7b63e16696e..0e3ede871c3 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/TieredMessageStore.java
@@ -180,9 +180,15 @@ public boolean fetchFromCurrentStore(String topic, int queueId, long offset, int
         }
 
         // determine whether tiered storage path conditions are met
-        if (storageLevel.check(MessageStoreConfig.TieredStorageLevel.NOT_IN_DISK)
-            && !next.checkInStoreByConsumeOffset(topic, queueId, offset)) {
-            return true;
+        if (storageLevel.check(MessageStoreConfig.TieredStorageLevel.NOT_IN_DISK)) {
+            // return true to read from tiered storage if the CommitLog is empty
+            if (next != null && next.getCommitLog() != null &&
+                next.getCommitLog().getMinOffset() < 0L) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (!next.checkInStoreByConsumeOffset(topic, queueId, offset)) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
 
         if (storageLevel.check(MessageStoreConfig.TieredStorageLevel.NOT_IN_MEM)
@@ -208,10 +214,10 @@ public CompletableFuture<GetMessageResult> getMessageAsync(String group, String
         }
 
         if (fetchFromCurrentStore(topic, queueId, offset, maxMsgNums)) {
-            log.trace("GetMessageAsync from current store, " +
+            log.trace("GetMessageAsync from remote store, " +
                 "topic: {}, queue: {}, offset: {}, maxCount: {}", topic, queueId, offset, maxMsgNums);
         } else {
-            log.trace("GetMessageAsync from remote store, " +
+            log.trace("GetMessageAsync from next store, " +
                 "topic: {}, queue: {}, offset: {}, maxCount: {}", topic, queueId, offset, maxMsgNums);
             return next.getMessageAsync(group, topic, queueId, offset, maxMsgNums, messageFilter);
         }
diff --git a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreService.java b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreService.java
index 020b9f3b068..878f1dab656 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreService.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreService.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public void forceUpload() {
             log.error("IndexStoreService force upload error", e);
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         } finally {
-            readWriteLock.writeLock().lock();
+            readWriteLock.writeLock().unlock();
         }
     }
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public void shutdown() {
             for (Map.Entry<Long /* timestamp */, IndexFile> entry : timeStoreTable.entrySet()) {
                 entry.getValue().shutdown();
             }
-            if (!autoCreateNewFile) {
+            if (autoCreateNewFile) {
                 this.forceUpload();
             }
             this.timeStoreTable.clear();
diff --git a/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreServiceTest.java b/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreServiceTest.java
index fb563f7c6c2..5d9c705735b 100644
--- a/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreServiceTest.java
+++ b/tieredstore/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tieredstore/index/IndexStoreServiceTest.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public void doConvertOldFormatTest() throws IOException {
         indexService = new IndexStoreService(fileAllocator, filePath);
         indexService.start();
         ConcurrentSkipListMap<Long, IndexFile> timeStoreTable = indexService.getTimeStoreTable();
-        Assert.assertEquals(1, timeStoreTable.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, timeStoreTable.size());
         Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(timestamp), timeStoreTable.firstKey());
         mappedFile.destroy(10 * 1000);
     }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public void restartServiceTest() throws InterruptedException {
         indexService = new IndexStoreService(fileAllocator, filePath);
         indexService.start();
         Assert.assertEquals(timestamp, indexService.getTimeStoreTable().firstKey().longValue());
-        Assert.assertEquals(2, indexService.getTimeStoreTable().size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, indexService.getTimeStoreTable().size());
         Assert.assertEquals(IndexFile.IndexStatusEnum.UPLOAD,
             indexService.getTimeStoreTable().firstEntry().getValue().getFileStatus());
     }