diff --git a/table/get_context.cc b/table/get_context.cc
index fca16305c..0aa75b607 100644
--- a/table/get_context.cc
+++ b/table/get_context.cc
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ bool GetContext::SaveValue(const ParsedInternalKey& parsed_key,
           merge_context_->PushOperand(value, false);
         }
         if (merge_operator_ != nullptr &&
-            merge_operator_->ShouldMerge(merge_context_->GetOperands())) {
+            merge_operator_->ShouldMerge(merge_context_->GetOperandsDirectionBackward())) {
           state_ = kFound;
           if (LIKELY(pinnable_val_ != nullptr)) {
             Status merge_status = MergeHelper::TimedFullMerge(