diff --git a/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc b/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
index 15bd341f8..2792cd98a 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
@@ -1032,7 +1032,24 @@ class NonBatchedOpsStressTest : public StressTest {
     int64_t ub = lb + FLAGS_num_iterations;
     // Locks acquired for [lb, ub)
     ReadOptions readoptscopy(read_opts);
+    std::string read_ts_str;
+    Slice read_ts;
+    if (FLAGS_user_timestamp_size > 0) {
+      read_ts_str = GetNowNanos();
+      read_ts = read_ts_str;
+      readoptscopy.timestamp = &read_ts;
+    }
     readoptscopy.total_order_seek = true;
+    std::string max_key_str;
+    Slice max_key_slice;
+    if (!FLAGS_destroy_db_initially) {
+      max_key_str = Key(max_key);
+      max_key_slice = max_key_str;
+      // to restrict iterator from reading keys written in batched_op_stress
+      // that do not have expected state updated and may not be parseable by
+      // GetIntVal().
+      readoptscopy.iterate_upper_bound = &max_key_slice;
+    }
     auto cfh = column_families_[rand_column_family];
     std::string op_logs;
     std::unique_ptr<Iterator> iter(db_->NewIterator(readoptscopy, cfh));