diff --git a/src/sql/ob_sql_trans_control.cpp b/src/sql/ob_sql_trans_control.cpp
index f51704afda..20a2ab24fe 100644
--- a/src/sql/ob_sql_trans_control.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/ob_sql_trans_control.cpp
@@ -1202,7 +1202,8 @@ int ObSqlTransControl::check_ls_readable(const uint64_t tenant_id,
       || max_stale_time_us <= -2) {
     ret = OB_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
     LOG_WARN("invalid argument", K(ls_id), K(addr), K(max_stale_time_us));
-  } else if (max_stale_time_us < 0) {
+  } else if (max_stale_time_us < 0
+      || GET_MIN_CLUSTER_VERSION() < CLUSTER_VERSION_4_2_0_0) {
     // no need check
     can_read = true;
   } else if (observer::ObServer::get_instance().get_self() == addr) {
diff --git a/src/storage/tx/ob_tx_api.cpp b/src/storage/tx/ob_tx_api.cpp
index b1f6d4121d..a27cf41d38 100644
--- a/src/storage/tx/ob_tx_api.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/tx/ob_tx_api.cpp
@@ -730,7 +730,9 @@ int ObTransService::get_weak_read_snapshot_version(const int64_t max_read_stale_
     // do nothing
   }
   if (OB_SUCC(ret)) {
-    if (max_read_stale_us_for_user < 0) {
+    if (monotinic_read
+        || max_read_stale_us_for_user < 0
+        || GET_MIN_CLUSTER_VERSION() < CLUSTER_VERSION_4_2_0_0) {
       // no need to check barrier version
       snapshot = wrs_scn;
     } else {
@@ -742,7 +744,7 @@ int ObTransService::get_weak_read_snapshot_version(const int64_t max_read_stale_
       } else {
         const int64_t current_time_us = MTL_IS_PRIMARY_TENANT()
                 ? std::max(ObTimeUtility::current_time(), gts_cache.convert_to_ts())
-                : 0 ;
+                : gts_cache.convert_to_ts();
         current_scn.convert_from_ts(current_time_us - max_read_stale_us_for_user);
         snapshot = SCN::max(wrs_scn, current_scn);
       }