diff --git a/tsdb/head_wal.go b/tsdb/head_wal.go
index d7e0b3b21b..01e33e243b 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_wal.go
@@ -1030,9 +1030,6 @@ func (wp *wblSubsetProcessor) processWBLSamples(h *Head) (unknownRefs, unknownHi
 				unknownHistogramRefs++
 				continue
 			}
-			if s.t <= ms.mmMaxTime() {
-				continue
-			}
 			var chunkCreated bool
 			var ok bool
 			if s.h != nil {