diff --git a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
index 78b12a04f1..e9242160d9 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Engine struct {
 	done              chan struct{}
 	index             *tsdb.DatabaseIndex // TODO(benbjohnson): needs to be moved entirely into engine.
 	measurementFields map[string]*tsdb.MeasurementFields
+	maxValueTime      int64 // Maximum timestamp for any value under storage.
 
 	wg sync.WaitGroup