diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index 5ab992e13f5..94ca034ef96 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -1223,7 +1223,8 @@ Status ColumnFamilyData::RangesOverlapWithMemtables(
 
     if (status.ok()) {
       if (memtable_iter->Valid() &&
-          ucmp->Compare(seek_result.user_key, ranges[i].limit) <= 0) {
+          ucmp->CompareWithoutTimestamp(seek_result.user_key,
+                                        ranges[i].limit) <= 0) {
         *overlap = true;
       } else if (range_del_agg.IsRangeOverlapped(ranges[i].start,
                                                  ranges[i].limit)) {