diff --git a/storage/merge.go b/storage/merge.go
index 9ef8690a7..3581f61d0 100644
--- a/storage/merge.go
+++ b/storage/merge.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"container/heap"
-	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -419,7 +418,8 @@ func (h *genericSeriesSetHeap) Pop() interface{} {
 // with "almost" the same data, e.g. from 2 Prometheus HA replicas. This is fine, since from the Prometheus perspective
 // this never happens.
 //
-// It's optimized for non-overlap cases as well.
+// NOTE: Use this merge function only when you see potentially overlapping series, as this introduces a small overhead
+// to handle overlaps between series.
 func ChainedSeriesMerge(series ...Series) Series {
 	if len(series) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -438,12 +438,10 @@ func ChainedSeriesMerge(series ...Series) Series {
 
 // chainSampleIterator is responsible to iterate over samples from different iterators of the same time series in timestamps
 // order. If one or more samples overlap, one sample from random overlapped ones is kept and all others with the same
-// timestamp are dropped. It's optimized for non-overlap cases as well.
+// timestamp are dropped.
 type chainSampleIterator struct {
 	iterators []chunkenc.Iterator
 	h         samplesIteratorHeap
-
-	curr chunkenc.Iterator
 }
 
 func newChainSampleIterator(iterators []chunkenc.Iterator) chunkenc.Iterator {
@@ -464,42 +462,43 @@ func (c *chainSampleIterator) Seek(t int64) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *chainSampleIterator) At() (t int64, v float64) {
-	if c.h == nil {
+	if len(c.h) == 0 {
 		panic("chainSampleIterator.At() called after .Next() returned false.")
 	}
-	return c.curr.At()
+
+	return c.h[0].At()
 }
 
 func (c *chainSampleIterator) Next() bool {
 	if c.h == nil {
-		c.curr = c.iterators[0]
-		for _, iter := range c.iterators[1:] {
+		for _, iter := range c.iterators {
 			if iter.Next() {
 				heap.Push(&c.h, iter)
 			}
 		}
-	} else if len(c.h) == 0 {
-		return c.curr != nil && c.curr.Next()
+
+		return len(c.h) > 0
 	}
 
-	for {
-		if c.curr.Next() {
-			currt, _ := c.curr.At()
-			nextt, _ := c.h[0].At()
-			if currt < nextt {
-				return true
-			}
-			if currt == nextt {
-				fmt.Println("same ts", currt, nextt)
-				// Ignoring sample.
-				continue
-			}
-			heap.Push(&c.h, c.curr)
+	if len(c.h) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	currt, _ := c.At()
+	for len(c.h) > 0 {
+		nextt, _ := c.h[0].At()
+		// All but one of the overlapping samples will be dropped.
+		if nextt != currt {
+			break
 		}
 
-		c.curr = heap.Pop(&c.h).(chunkenc.Iterator)
-		return true
+		iter := heap.Pop(&c.h).(chunkenc.Iterator)
+		if iter.Next() {
+			heap.Push(&c.h, iter)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return len(c.h) > 0
 }
 
 func (c *chainSampleIterator) Err() error {