diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteStoreUtils.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteStoreUtils.java
index ced6f083b9d68..ea6b1b13278b4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteStoreUtils.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/remote/RemoteStoreUtils.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -502,7 +501,7 @@ public static List<String> filterOutMetadataFilesBasedOnAge(
         Function<String, Long> getTimestampFunction,
         TimeValue minimumAge
     ) {
-        long maxTimestampAllowed = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime()) - minimumAge.getMillis();
+        long maxTimestampAllowed = System.currentTimeMillis() - minimumAge.getMillis();
         List<String> metadataFilesWithMinAge = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String metadataFileName : metadataFiles) {
             long metadataTimestamp = getTimestampFunction.apply(metadataFileName);