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 1477658b43..1fd7e07eb0 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
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class LogCache {
     private static final Consumer<LogCacheBlock> DEFAULT_BLOCK_FREE_LISTENER = block -> {
     };
     private static final int MAX_BLOCKS_COUNT = 64;
+    static final int MERGE_BLOCK_THRESHOLD = 8;
     final List<LogCacheBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
     final AtomicInteger blockCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
     private final long capacity;
@@ -301,27 +302,49 @@ private void tryRealFree() {
     }
 
     private void tryMerge() {
-        writeLock.lock();
-        try {
-            // merge blocks to speed up the get.
-            LogCacheBlock mergedBlock = null;
-            Iterator<LogCacheBlock> iter = blocks.iterator();
-            while (iter.hasNext()) {
-                LogCacheBlock block = iter.next();
-                if (!block.free) {
-                    break;
+        // merge blocks to speed up the get.
+        int mergeStartIndex = 0;
+        for (; ; ) {
+            LogCacheBlock left;
+            LogCacheBlock right;
+            writeLock.lock();
+            try {
+                if (blocks.size() <= MERGE_BLOCK_THRESHOLD || mergeStartIndex + 1 >= blocks.size()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                left = blocks.get(mergeStartIndex);
+                right = blocks.get(mergeStartIndex + 1);
+                if (!left.free || !right.free) {
+                    return;
                 }
-                if (mergedBlock == null
-                    || mergedBlock.size() + block.size() >= cacheBlockMaxSize
-                    || isDiscontinuous(mergedBlock, block)) {
-                    mergedBlock = block;
+                if (left.size() + right.size() >= cacheBlockMaxSize) {
+                    mergeStartIndex++;
                     continue;
                 }
-                mergeBlock(mergedBlock, block);
-                iter.remove();
+            } finally {
+                writeLock.unlock();
+            }
+            // Move costly operation(isDiscontinuous, mergeBlock) out of the lock.
+            if (isDiscontinuous(left, right)) {
+                mergeStartIndex++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            LogCacheBlock newBlock = new LogCacheBlock(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+            mergeBlock(newBlock, left);
+            mergeBlock(newBlock, right);
+            newBlock.free = true;
+            writeLock.lock();
+            try {
+                if (blocks.size() > mergeStartIndex + 1
+                    && blocks.get(mergeStartIndex) == left
+                    && blocks.get(mergeStartIndex + 1) == right
+                ) {
+                    blocks.set(mergeStartIndex, newBlock);
+                    blocks.remove(mergeStartIndex + 1);
+                }
+            } finally {
+                writeLock.unlock();
             }
-        } finally {
-            writeLock.unlock();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/s3stream/src/test/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCacheTest.java b/s3stream/src/test/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCacheTest.java
index 557c012736..de08088c4a 100644
--- a/s3stream/src/test/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCacheTest.java
+++ b/s3stream/src/test/java/com/automq/stream/s3/cache/LogCacheTest.java
@@ -161,8 +161,47 @@ public void testMergeBlock() {
         assertEquals(201, stream235.endOffset());
         assertEquals(1, stream235.records.size());
         assertEquals(200, stream235.records.get(0).getBaseOffset());
+    }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testTryMergeLogic() {
+        LogCache logCache = new LogCache(Long.MAX_VALUE, 10_000L);
+        final long streamId = 233L;
+        final int blocksToCreate = LogCache.MERGE_BLOCK_THRESHOLD + 2;
+
+        // create multiple blocks, each containing one record for the same stream with contiguous offsets
+        for (int i = 0; i < blocksToCreate; i++) {
+            logCache.put(new StreamRecordBatch(streamId, 0L, i, 1, TestUtils.random(1)));
+            logCache.archiveCurrentBlock();
+        }
 
+        int before = logCache.blocks.size();
+        assertTrue(before > LogCache.MERGE_BLOCK_THRESHOLD, "need more than 8 blocks to exercise tryMerge");
+
+        LogCache.LogCacheBlock left = logCache.blocks.get(0);
+        LogCache.LogCacheBlock right = logCache.blocks.get(1);
+
+        // verify contiguous condition before merge: left.end == right.start
+        LogCache.StreamCache leftCache = left.map.get(streamId);
+        LogCache.StreamCache rightCache = right.map.get(streamId);
+        assertEquals(leftCache.endOffset(), rightCache.startOffset());
+
+        // mark both blocks free to trigger tryMerge (called inside markFree)
+        logCache.markFree(left);
+        logCache.markFree(right);
+
+        int after = logCache.blocks.size();
+        assertEquals(before - 1, after, "two adjacent free contiguous blocks should be merged into one");
+
+        // verify merged block contains both records and correct range
+        LogCache.LogCacheBlock merged = logCache.blocks.get(0);
+        assertTrue(merged.free);
+        LogCache.StreamCache mergedCache = merged.map.get(streamId);
+        assertEquals(2, mergedCache.records.size());
+        assertEquals(0L, mergedCache.startOffset());
+        assertEquals(2L, mergedCache.endOffset());
+        assertEquals(0L, mergedCache.records.get(0).getBaseOffset());
+        assertEquals(1L, mergedCache.records.get(1).getBaseOffset());
     }
 
 }