diff --git a/model/metric.go b/model/metric.go
index a9f0d32429..a8af0ffb78 100644
--- a/model/metric.go
+++ b/model/metric.go
@@ -96,15 +96,8 @@ type SamplePair struct {
 	Timestamp time.Time
 }
 
-func (s SamplePair) Equal(o SamplePair) (equal bool) {
-	switch {
-	case !s.Value.Equal(o.Value):
-		return
-	case !s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp):
-		return
-	}
-
-	return true
+func (s SamplePair) Equal(o SamplePair) bool {
+	return s.Value.Equal(o.Value) && s.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp)
 }
 
 type Values []SamplePair
@@ -158,7 +151,7 @@ func (v Values) TruncateBefore(t time.Time) (values Values) {
 	index := sort.Search(len(v), func(i int) bool {
 		timestamp := v[i].Timestamp
 
-		return timestamp.After(t) || timestamp.Equal(t)
+		return !timestamp.Before(t)
 	})
 
 	switch index {
diff --git a/storage/metric/tiered.go b/storage/metric/tiered.go
index 5a7c447f35..c4364f7311 100644
--- a/storage/metric/tiered.go
+++ b/storage/metric/tiered.go
@@ -417,13 +417,13 @@ func (t *tieredStorage) renderView(viewJob viewJob) {
 				break
 			}
 
+			chunk = chunk.TruncateBefore(targetTime)
+
 			lastChunkTime := chunk[len(chunk)-1].Timestamp
 			if lastChunkTime.After(targetTime) {
 				targetTime = lastChunkTime
 			}
 
-			chunk = chunk.TruncateBefore(targetTime)
-
 			// For each op, extract all needed data from the current chunk.
 			out := model.Values{}
 			for _, op := range standingOps {