diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index 32de4f637a..e839c7303e 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -1280,11 +1280,9 @@ void LevelIterator::Seek(const Slice& target) {
                                           ts_sz);
       if (prefix_extractor_->InDomain(target_user_key_without_ts) &&
           (!prefix_extractor_->InDomain(next_file_first_user_key_without_ts) ||
-           user_comparator_.CompareWithoutTimestamp(
-               prefix_extractor_->Transform(target_user_key_without_ts), false,
-               prefix_extractor_->Transform(
-                   next_file_first_user_key_without_ts),
-               false) != 0)) {
+           prefix_extractor_->Transform(target_user_key_without_ts)
+                   .compare(prefix_extractor_->Transform(
+                       next_file_first_user_key_without_ts)) != 0)) {
         // SkipEmptyFileForward() will not advance to next file when this flag
         // is set for reason detailed below.
         //