diff --git a/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc.go b/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc.go
index 404a57d7b5e8..9467457363a5 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (i *MVCCIncrementalIterator) advance() {
 
 		metaTimestamp := hlc.Timestamp(i.meta.Timestamp)
 		if i.meta.Txn != nil {
-			if i.startTime.Less(metaTimestamp) && !i.endTime.Less(metaTimestamp) {
+			if !i.endTime.Less(metaTimestamp) {
 				i.err = &roachpb.WriteIntentError{
 					Intents: []roachpb.Intent{{
 						Span:   roachpb.Span{Key: i.iter.Key().Key},
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc_test.go b/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc_test.go
index 3e8060d42153..564ea348e256 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/storageccl/engineccl/mvcc_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ func assertEqualKVs(
 	expected []engine.MVCCKeyValue,
 ) func(*testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Helper()
 		iter := NewMVCCIncrementalIterator(e, IterOptions{
 			StartTime:  startTime,
 			EndTime:    endTime,
@@ -181,18 +180,11 @@ func TestMVCCIterateIncremental(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := engine.MVCCPut(ctx, e, nil, txn2.TxnMeta.Key, txn2.TxnMeta.Timestamp, txn2Val, &txn2); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		t.Run("intents",
+		t.Run("intents1",
 			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, testKey1, testKey1.PrefixEnd(), tsMin, tsMax, "conflicting intents"))
-		t.Run("intents",
+		t.Run("intents2",
 			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, testKey2, testKey2.PrefixEnd(), tsMin, tsMax, "conflicting intents"))
-		t.Run("intents",
-			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts4, "conflicting intents"))
-		// Intents above the upper time bound or beneath the lower time bound must
-		// be ignored (#28358). Note that the lower time bound is exclusive while
-		// the upper time bound is inclusive.
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts3, kvs(kv1_3Deleted, kv2_2_2)))
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, ts4, tsMax, kvs()))
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, ts4.Next(), tsMax, kvs()))
+		t.Run("intents3", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts3, kvs(kv1_3Deleted, kv2_2_2)))
 
 		intent1 := roachpb.Intent{Span: roachpb.Span{Key: testKey1}, Txn: txn1.TxnMeta, Status: roachpb.COMMITTED}
 		if err := engine.MVCCResolveWriteIntent(ctx, e, nil, intent1); err != nil {
@@ -202,7 +194,7 @@ func TestMVCCIterateIncremental(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := engine.MVCCResolveWriteIntent(ctx, e, nil, intent2); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, tsMax, kvs(kv1_4_4, kv2_2_2)))
+		t.Run("intents4", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, tsMax, kvs(kv1_4_4, kv2_2_2)))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("iterFn=Next", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -260,18 +252,11 @@ func TestMVCCIterateIncremental(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := engine.MVCCPut(ctx, e, nil, txn2.TxnMeta.Key, txn2.TxnMeta.Timestamp, txn2Val, &txn2); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		t.Run("intents",
+		t.Run("intents1",
 			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, testKey1, testKey1.PrefixEnd(), tsMin, tsMax, "conflicting intents"))
-		t.Run("intents",
+		t.Run("intents2",
 			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, testKey2, testKey2.PrefixEnd(), tsMin, tsMax, "conflicting intents"))
-		t.Run("intents",
-			iterateExpectErr(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts4, "conflicting intents"))
-		// Intents above the upper time bound or beneath the lower time bound must
-		// be ignored (#28358). Note that the lower time bound is exclusive while
-		// the upper time bound is inclusive.
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts3, kvs(kv1_3Deleted, kv1_2_2, kv1_1_1, kv2_2_2)))
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, ts4, tsMax, kvs()))
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, ts4.Next(), tsMax, kvs()))
+		t.Run("intents3", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, ts3, kvs(kv1_3Deleted, kv1_2_2, kv1_1_1, kv2_2_2)))
 
 		intent1 := roachpb.Intent{Span: roachpb.Span{Key: testKey1}, Txn: txn1.TxnMeta, Status: roachpb.COMMITTED}
 		if err := engine.MVCCResolveWriteIntent(ctx, e, nil, intent1); err != nil {
@@ -281,7 +266,7 @@ func TestMVCCIterateIncremental(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := engine.MVCCResolveWriteIntent(ctx, e, nil, intent2); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		t.Run("intents", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, tsMax, kvs(kv1_4_4, kv1_3Deleted, kv1_2_2, kv1_1_1, kv2_2_2)))
+		t.Run("intents4", assertEqualKVs(e, fn, keyMin, keyMax, tsMin, tsMax, kvs(kv1_4_4, kv1_3Deleted, kv1_2_2, kv1_1_1, kv2_2_2)))
 	})
 }