diff --git a/s3stream/src/main/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCache.java b/s3stream/src/main/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCache.java
index 6a7954a253..22941e5836 100644
--- a/s3stream/src/main/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCache.java
+++ b/s3stream/src/main/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCache.java
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ public class LogCache {
     private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_STREAM_COUNT = 10000;
     private static final Consumer<LogCacheBlock> DEFAULT_BLOCK_FREE_LISTENER = block -> {
     };
+    private static final int MAX_BLOCKS_COUNT = 64;
     final List<LogCacheBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
+    final AtomicInteger blockCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
     private final long capacity;
     private final long cacheBlockMaxSize;
     private final int maxCacheBlockStreamCount;
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ public LogCacheBlock archiveCurrentBlock() {
             block.lastRecordOffset = lastRecordOffset;
             activeBlock = new LogCacheBlock(cacheBlockMaxSize, maxCacheBlockStreamCount);
             blocks.add(activeBlock);
+            blockCount.set(blocks.size());
             return block;
         } finally {
             writeLock.unlock();
@@ -249,11 +252,12 @@ Optional<LogCacheBlock> archiveCurrentBlockIfContains0(long streamId) {
     public void markFree(LogCacheBlock block) {
         block.free = true;
         tryRealFree();
+        tryMerge();
     }
 
     private void tryRealFree() {
         long currSize = size.get();
-        if (currSize <= capacity * 0.9) {
+        if (currSize <= capacity * 0.9 && blockCount.get() <= MAX_BLOCKS_COUNT) {
             return;
         }
         List<LogCacheBlock> removed = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -264,21 +268,35 @@ private void tryRealFree() {
             currSize = size.get();
             Iterator<LogCacheBlock> iter = blocks.iterator();
             while (iter.hasNext()) {
-                if (currSize - freeSize <= capacity * 0.9) {
+                LogCacheBlock block = iter.next();
+                if (blockCount.get() <= MAX_BLOCKS_COUNT && currSize - freeSize <= capacity * 0.9) {
                     break;
                 }
-                LogCacheBlock block = iter.next();
                 if (block.free) {
                     iter.remove();
                     freeSize += block.size();
                     removed.add(block);
+                    blockCount.decrementAndGet();
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
             }
+        } finally {
+            writeLock.unlock();
+        }
+        size.addAndGet(-freeSize);
+        removed.forEach(b -> {
+            blockFreeListener.accept(b);
+            b.free();
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void tryMerge() {
+        writeLock.lock();
+        try {
             // merge blocks to speed up the get.
             LogCacheBlock mergedBlock = null;
-            iter = blocks.iterator();
+            Iterator<LogCacheBlock> iter = blocks.iterator();
             while (iter.hasNext()) {
                 LogCacheBlock block = iter.next();
                 if (!block.free) {
@@ -296,36 +314,6 @@ private void tryRealFree() {
         } finally {
             writeLock.unlock();
         }
-        size.addAndGet(-freeSize);
-        removed.forEach(b -> {
-            blockFreeListener.accept(b);
-            b.free();
-        });
-    }
-
-    public int forceFree(int required) {
-        AtomicInteger freedBytes = new AtomicInteger();
-        List<LogCacheBlock> removed = new ArrayList<>();
-        writeLock.lock();
-        try {
-            blocks.removeIf(block -> {
-                if (!block.free || freedBytes.get() >= required) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                long blockSize = block.size();
-                size.addAndGet(-blockSize);
-                freedBytes.addAndGet((int) blockSize);
-                removed.add(block);
-                return true;
-            });
-        } finally {
-            writeLock.unlock();
-        }
-        removed.forEach(b -> {
-            blockFreeListener.accept(b);
-            b.free();
-        });
-        return freedBytes.get();
     }
 
     public void setLastRecordOffset(RecordOffset lastRecordOffset) {