diff --git a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/index/schema/ZonedTimeSchemaKey.java b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/index/schema/ZonedTimeSchemaKey.java
index 33e3bd11b0890..0c8465b648208 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/index/schema/ZonedTimeSchemaKey.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/index/schema/ZonedTimeSchemaKey.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.store.TimeZones;
 import org.neo4j.values.storable.TimeValue;
 import org.neo4j.values.storable.Value;
-import org.neo4j.values.storable.Values;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static org.neo4j.values.storable.Values.NO_VALUE;
 
 /**
  * Includes value and entity id (to be able to handle non-unique values). A value can be any {@link TimeValue}.
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ class ZonedTimeSchemaKey extends NativeSchemaKey<ZonedTimeSchemaKey>
     @Override
     public Value asValue()
     {
-        return TimeValue.time( nanosOfDayUTC, ZoneOffset.ofTotalSeconds( zoneOffsetSeconds ) );
+        // We need to check validity upfront without throwing exceptions, because the PageCursor might give garbage bytes
+        if ( TimeZones.validZoneOffset( zoneOffsetSeconds ) )
+        {
+            return TimeValue.time( nanosOfDayUTC, ZoneOffset.ofTotalSeconds( zoneOffsetSeconds ) );
+        }
+        return NO_VALUE;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -67,9 +72,9 @@ public void initValueAsHighest()
     public int compareValueTo( ZonedTimeSchemaKey other )
     {
         int compare = Long.compare( nanosOfDayUTC, other.nanosOfDayUTC );
-        if ( compare == 0 && differentValidZoneOffset( other ) )
+        if ( compare == 0 )
         {
-            compare = Values.COMPARATOR.compare( asValue(), other.asValue() );
+            compare = Integer.compare( zoneOffsetSeconds, other.zoneOffsetSeconds );
         }
         return compare;
     }
@@ -98,11 +103,4 @@ protected Value assertCorrectType( Value value )
         }
         return value;
     }
-
-    // We need to check validity upfront without throwing exceptions, because the PageCursor might give garbage bytes
-    private boolean differentValidZoneOffset( ZonedTimeSchemaKey other )
-    {
-        return zoneOffsetSeconds != other.zoneOffsetSeconds &&
-                TimeZones.validZoneOffset( zoneOffsetSeconds ) && TimeZones.validZoneOffset( other.zoneOffsetSeconds );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/index/IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite.java b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/index/IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite.java
index 8b4944b9cd633..f6f9ba7676b75 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/index/IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/index/IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite.java
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ public Compatibility( IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite testSuite, SchemaIndex
                             DateTimeValue.datetime( 2014, 3, 25, 12, 46, 13, 7474, "+05:00" ),
                             DateTimeValue.datetime( 2014, 3, 25, 12, 45, 14, 7474, "+05:00" ),
                             DateTimeValue.datetime( 2014, 3, 25, 12, 45, 14, 7475, "+05:00" ),
+                            DateTimeValue.datetime( 10000, 100, ZoneOffset.ofTotalSeconds( 3 ) ),
+                            DateTimeValue.datetime( 10000, 101, ZoneOffset.ofTotalSeconds( -3 ) ),
                             DurationValue.duration( 10, 20, 30, 40 ),
                             DurationValue.duration( 11, 20, 30, 40 ),
                             DurationValue.duration( 10, 21, 30, 40 ),
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ public Compatibility( IndexProviderCompatibilityTestSuite testSuite, SchemaIndex
             pageCacheAndDependenciesRule = new PageCacheAndDependenciesRule( DefaultFileSystemRule::new, testSuite.getClass() );
         }
 
-        protected void withPopulator( IndexPopulator populator, ThrowingConsumer<IndexPopulator,Exception> runWithPopulator ) throws Exception
+        void withPopulator( IndexPopulator populator, ThrowingConsumer<IndexPopulator,Exception> runWithPopulator ) throws Exception
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TimeValueTest.java b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TimeValueTest.java
index 4ffb9647d1b5f..f3459503093b5 100644
--- a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TimeValueTest.java
+++ b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TimeValueTest.java
@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ public void shouldEqualItself()
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldNotEqualSameTimeButDifferentTimezone()
+    public void shouldNotEqualSameInstantButDifferentTimezone()
     {
-        assertNotEqual( time( 10, 52, 5, 6, UTC ), time( 10, 52, 5, 6, "+01:00" ) );
+        assertNotEqual( time( 10000, UTC ), time( 10000, ZoneOffset.of( "+01:00" ) ) );
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldEqualSamePointInTimeInDifferentTimezone()
+    public void shouldNotEqualSameInstantInSameLocalTimeButDifferentTimezone()
     {
-        assertEqual( time( 10, 52, 5, 6, UTC ), time( 11, 52, 5, 6, "+01:00" ) );
+        assertNotEqual( time( 10, 52, 5, 6, UTC ), time( 11, 52, 5, 6, "+01:00" ) );
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings( "UnusedReturnValue" )