diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2c3d381cf8062abb6804ff3cc5339e6cb9c81a0f..099fb3e84135eb04bf483e758a390fc13c884344 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Release Notes.
 
 #### Java Agent
 * Add `trace_segment_ref_limit_per_span` configuration mechanism to avoid OOM.
-
+* Improve `GlobalIdGenerator` performance.
 
 #### OAP-Backend
 * BugFix: filter invalid Envoy access logs whose socket address is empty.
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ids/GlobalIdGenerator.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ids/GlobalIdGenerator.java
index 0adb77d3d34fd9bd7b4ffa4bfb23d95f0946e6c5..bfb38f7aa0ac6c87244ada5185452c2a559836fa 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ids/GlobalIdGenerator.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ids/GlobalIdGenerator.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.skywalking.apm.agent.core.context.ids;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 
 import org.apache.skywalking.apm.util.StringUtil;
 
@@ -57,8 +56,8 @@ public final class GlobalIdGenerator {
         private short threadSeq;
 
         // Just for considering time-shift-back only.
-        private long runRandomTimestamp;
-        private int lastRandomValue;
+        private long lastShiftTimestamp;
+        private int lastShiftValue;
 
         private IDContext(long lastTimestamp, short threadSeq) {
             this.lastTimestamp = lastTimestamp;
@@ -74,11 +73,11 @@ public final class GlobalIdGenerator {
 
             if (currentTimeMillis < lastTimestamp) {
                 // Just for considering time-shift-back by Ops or OS. @hanahmily 's suggestion.
-                if (runRandomTimestamp != currentTimeMillis) {
-                    lastRandomValue = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt();
-                    runRandomTimestamp = currentTimeMillis;
+                if (lastShiftTimestamp != currentTimeMillis) {
+                    lastShiftValue++;
+                    lastShiftTimestamp = currentTimeMillis;
                 }
-                return lastRandomValue;
+                return lastShiftValue;
             } else {
                 lastTimestamp = currentTimeMillis;
                 return lastTimestamp;