Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStore.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStore.java	(revision 1781365)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStore.java	(working copy)
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.cache.CacheStats;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.PathUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.json.BlobSerializer;
-import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.Branch.BranchCommit;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.util.LoggingDocumentStoreWrapper;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.util.StringValue;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.util.TimingDocumentStoreWrapper;
@@ -2319,6 +2318,15 @@
         long minTimestamp = Math.min(
                 revisionComparator.getMinimumTimestamp(fromRev, inactiveClusterNodes),
                 revisionComparator.getMinimumTimestamp(toRev, inactiveClusterNodes));
+        for (Revision r : new Revision[]{fromRev, toRev}) {
+            if (r.isBranch()) {
+                Branch b = branches.getBranch(r);
+                if (b != null) {
+                    minTimestamp = Math.min(b.getBase().getTimestamp(), minTimestamp);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         long minValue = NodeDocument.getModifiedInSecs(minTimestamp);
         String fromKey = Utils.getKeyLowerLimit(path);
         String toKey = Utils.getKeyUpperLimit(path);