diff --git a/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_data_table.cpp b/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_data_table.cpp
index 90da75ee09..cdff5cf18d 100644
--- a/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_data_table.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_data_table.cpp
@@ -782,8 +782,11 @@ int ObTxDataTable::get_recycle_scn(SCN &recycle_scn)
       //it may cause the standby tenant to commit and recycle when the primary is switched to standby.
       SCN snapshot_version;
       MonotonicTs unused_ts(0);
-      if (OB_FAIL(OB_TS_MGR.get_gts(MTL_ID(), MonotonicTs(1), NULL, snapshot_version, unused_ts))) {
-        LOG_WARN("failed to get snapshot version", K(ret), K(MTL_ID()));
+      int tmp_ret = OB_SUCCESS;
+      if (OB_TMP_FAIL(OB_TS_MGR.get_gts(MTL_ID(), MonotonicTs(1), NULL, snapshot_version, unused_ts))) {
+        LOG_WARN("failed to get snapshot version", K(tmp_ret), K(MTL_ID()));
+        // recycle nothing this time
+        recycle_scn.set_min();
       } else {
         recycle_scn = std::min(recycle_scn, snapshot_version);
       }
diff --git a/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_table.cpp b/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_table.cpp
index 5b1034a453..157a1c8dd0 100644
--- a/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_table.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/tx_table/ob_tx_table.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,9 @@ int ObTxTable::get_recycle_scn(SCN &real_recycle_scn)
   SCN tablet_recycle_scn = SCN::min_scn();
   const int64_t retain_tx_data_us = tx_result_retention * 1000L * 1000L;
 
-  if (current_time_us - recycle_scn_cache_.update_ts_ < retain_tx_data_us && recycle_scn_cache_.val_.is_valid()) {
+  if (current_time_us - recycle_scn_cache_.update_ts_ < retain_tx_data_us
+      && recycle_scn_cache_.val_.is_valid()
+      && (!recycle_scn_cache_.val_.is_min())) {
     // cache is valid, get recycle scn from cache
     real_recycle_scn = recycle_scn_cache_.val_;
     STORAGE_LOG(INFO, "use recycle scn cache", K(ls_id_), K(recycle_scn_cache_));