diff --git a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
index 03e17e999e5512bbda89b457abc62106e6e9de11..d6e50f4e7e4d0ee957269e62f68714a01677bd80 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const (
 	ComponentAPIServer = "apiserver"
 	ComponentScheduler = "scheduler"
 
-	ErrNoHit           = "'end' must be after the namespace creation time."
+	ErrNoHit           = "'end' or 'time' must be after the namespace creation time."
 	ErrParamConflict   = "'time' and the combination of 'start' and 'end' are mutually exclusive."
 	ErrInvalidStartEnd = "'start' must be before 'end'."
 	ErrInvalidPage     = "Invalid parameter 'page'."
@@ -256,21 +256,23 @@ func (h handler) makeQueryOptions(r reqParams, lvl monitoring.Level) (q queryOpt
 		cts := ns.CreationTimestamp.Time
 
 		// Query should happen no earlier than namespace's creation time.
-		// For range query, check and mutate `start`. For instant query, check and mutate `time`.
+		// For range query, check and mutate `start`. For instant query, check `time`.
 		// In range query, if `start` and `end` are both before namespace's creation time, it causes no hit.
 		if !q.isRangeQuery() {
 			if q.time.Before(cts) {
-				q.time = cts
+				return q, errors.New(ErrNoHit)
 			}
 		} else {
-			if q.start.Before(cts) {
-				q.start = cts
-			}
 			if q.end.Before(cts) {
 				return q, errors.New(ErrNoHit)
 			}
+			if q.start.Before(cts) {
+				q.start = q.end
+				for q.start.Add(-q.step).After(cts) {
+					q.start = q.start.Add(-q.step)
+				}
+			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	// Parse sorting and paging params
diff --git a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper_test.go b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper_test.go
index 6a0169e9bc52b51c470cea7519c9cf7a80f16a2a..99ef67fd894ee474ba3eafde9ce518be9f461dd3 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/helper_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestParseRequestParams(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			expected: queryOptions{
-				start:        time.Unix(1585836666, 0),
+				start:        time.Unix(1585836699, 0),
 				end:          time.Unix(1585839999, 0),
 				step:         time.Minute,
 				identifier:   model.IdentifierNamespace,
@@ -131,17 +131,7 @@ func TestParseRequestParams(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expected: queryOptions{
-				time:         time.Unix(1585836666, 0),
-				identifier:   model.IdentifierNamespace,
-				metricFilter: ".*",
-				namedMetrics: model.NamespaceMetrics,
-				option: monitoring.NamespaceOption{
-					ResourceFilter: ".*",
-					NamespaceName:  "default",
-				},
-			},
-			expectedErr: false,
+			expectedErr: true,
 		},
 		{
 			params: reqParams{