diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/IndexCheckpointManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/IndexCheckpointManager.java
index cbc4d94..4acc6d3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/IndexCheckpointManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/IndexCheckpointManager.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.storage.IndexCheckpoint;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StorageConstants;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.annotations.ThreadSafe;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.file.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -119,7 +120,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public long getValidComponentSequence() throws HyracksDataException {
-        return getLatest().getValidComponentSequence();
+        if (getCheckpointCount() > 0) {
+            return getLatest().getValidComponentSequence();
+        }
+        return AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
index ce6d253..1189b51 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/LSMIOOperationCallback.java
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@
         // no op
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long getLastValidSequence() throws HyracksDataException {
+        ResourceReference resourceReference = ResourceReference.ofIndex(lsmIndex.getIndexIdentifier());
+        return indexCheckpointManagerProvider.get(resourceReference).getValidComponentSequence();
+    }
+
     private boolean isMerge(ILSMIOOperation operation) {
         return operation.getIOOpertionType() == LSMIOOperationType.MERGE
                 && operation.getAccessor().getOpContext().getOperation() != IndexOperation.DELETE_COMPONENTS;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/CheckpointPartitionIndexesTask.java b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/CheckpointPartitionIndexesTask.java
index 767eb76..dac4a70 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/CheckpointPartitionIndexesTask.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/CheckpointPartitionIndexesTask.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.replication.messaging;
 
+import static org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
+
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@
                 throw HyracksDataException
                         .create(new IOException(indexPath + " is not a directory or an IO Error occurred"));
             }
-            long maxComponentSequence = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+            long maxComponentSequence = UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
             for (String file : files) {
                 maxComponentSequence =
                         Math.max(maxComponentSequence, IndexComponentFileReference.of(file).getSequenceEnd());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/ReplicateFileTask.java b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/ReplicateFileTask.java
index 5f7bee6..44c7bea 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/ReplicateFileTask.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/messaging/ReplicateFileTask.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.replication.messaging;
 
+import static org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
+
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@
         final IIndexCheckpointManager indexCheckpointManager = checkpointManagerProvider.get(indexRef);
         final long currentLSN = appCtx.getTransactionSubsystem().getLogManager().getAppendLSN();
         indexCheckpointManager.delete();
-        indexCheckpointManager.init(Long.MIN_VALUE, currentLSN,
+        indexCheckpointManager.init(UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ, currentLSN,
                 LSMComponentId.EMPTY_INDEX_LAST_COMPONENT_ID.getMaxId());
         LOGGER.info(() -> "Checkpoint index: " + indexRef);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
index f753868..a73b71a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StorageConstants.METADATA_FILE_NAME;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode.CANNOT_CREATE_FILE;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.COMPONENT_FILES_FILTER;
+import static org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FilenameFilter;
@@ -198,8 +199,8 @@
             createResourceFileMask(resourceFile);
             byte[] bytes = OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsBytes(resource.toJson(persistedResourceRegistry));
             FileUtil.writeAndForce(Paths.get(resourceFile.getAbsolutePath()), bytes);
-            indexCheckpointManagerProvider.get(DatasetResourceReference.of(resource)).init(Long.MIN_VALUE, 0,
-                    LSMComponentId.EMPTY_INDEX_LAST_COMPONENT_ID.getMaxId());
+            indexCheckpointManagerProvider.get(DatasetResourceReference.of(resource)).init(UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ,
+                    0, LSMComponentId.EMPTY_INDEX_LAST_COMPONENT_ID.getMaxId());
             deleteResourceFileMask(resourceFile);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             cleanup(resourceFile);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallback.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallback.java
index e448ae0..a778a4c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallback.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallback.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.AbstractLSMIndexFileManager;
 
 public interface ILSMIOOperationCallback {
 
@@ -80,4 +81,8 @@
      *            the allocated component
      */
     void allocated(ILSMMemoryComponent component) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    default long getLastValidSequence() throws HyracksDataException {
+        return AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
index 5580387..2d38758 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIndexFileManager.java
@@ -78,4 +78,11 @@
      * @throws IOException
      */
     LSMComponentFileReferences getNewTransactionFileReference() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the last used sequence
+     *
+     * @param lastUsedSeq
+     */
+    void initLastUsedSeq(long lastUsedSeq);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
index a5ff2e6..bf93dc0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
         this.inactiveMemoryComponents = new ArrayList<>();
         this.durable = durable;
         this.tracer = tracer;
+        fileManager.initLastUsedSeq(ioOpCallback.getLastValidSequence());
         lsmHarness = new LSMHarness(this, ioScheduler, mergePolicy, opTracker, diskBufferCache.isReplicationEnabled(),
                 tracer);
         isActive = false;
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
         filterManager = null;
         treeFields = null;
         filterFields = null;
+        fileManager.initLastUsedSeq(ioOpCallback.getLastValidSequence());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.java
index 35a11ff..5d70337 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndexFileManager.java
@@ -83,20 +83,19 @@
      * Hides transaction components until they are either committed by removing this file or deleted along with the file
      */
     public static final String TXN_PREFIX = ".T";
-
+    public static final long UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ = -1;
     public static final FilenameFilter COMPONENT_FILES_FILTER = (dir, name) -> !name.startsWith(".");
     protected static final FilenameFilter txnFileNameFilter = (dir, name) -> name.startsWith(TXN_PREFIX);
     protected static FilenameFilter bloomFilterFilter =
             (dir, name) -> !name.startsWith(".") && name.endsWith(BLOOM_FILTER_SUFFIX);
     protected static final Comparator<String> cmp = new FileNameComparator();
     private static final FilenameFilter dummyFilter = (dir, name) -> true;
-    private static final long UNINITALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ = -1;
     protected final IIOManager ioManager;
     // baseDir should reflect dataset name and partition name and be absolute
     protected final FileReference baseDir;
     protected final Comparator<IndexComponentFileReference> recencyCmp = new RecencyComparator();
     protected final TreeIndexFactory<? extends ITreeIndex> treeFactory;
-    private long lastUsedComponentSeq = UNINITALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
+    private long lastUsedComponentSeq = UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ;
     private final ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory;
 
     public AbstractLSMIndexFileManager(IIOManager ioManager, FileReference file,
@@ -348,6 +347,11 @@
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void initLastUsedSeq(long lastUsedSeq) {
+        lastUsedComponentSeq = lastUsedSeq;
+    }
+
     private static FilenameFilter createTransactionFilter(String transactionFileName, final boolean inclusive) {
         final String timeStamp =
                 transactionFileName.substring(transactionFileName.indexOf(TXN_PREFIX) + TXN_PREFIX.length());
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@
     }
 
     protected String getNextComponentSequence(FilenameFilter filenameFilter) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (lastUsedComponentSeq == UNINITALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ) {
+        if (lastUsedComponentSeq == UNINITIALIZED_COMPONENT_SEQ) {
             lastUsedComponentSeq = getOnDiskLastUsedComponentSequence(filenameFilter);
         }
         return IndexComponentFileReference.getFlushSequence(++lastUsedComponentSeq);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/EncapsulatingIoCallback.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/EncapsulatingIoCallback.java
index cb791c5..7e0ee35 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/EncapsulatingIoCallback.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/EncapsulatingIoCallback.java
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
         encapsulated.allocated(component);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long getLastValidSequence() throws HyracksDataException {
+        return encapsulated.getLastValidSequence();
+    }
+
     public ILSMIOOperationCallback getEncapsulated() {
         return encapsulated;
     }