diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/ReconDBProvider.java b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/ReconDBProvider.java
index 16a303aa6fe2..44efb4f4b1f3 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/ReconDBProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/ReconDBProvider.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.DBStore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.DBStoreBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.TableIterator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.recon.ReconUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -111,16 +110,22 @@ public DBStore getDbStore() {
     return dbStore;
   }
 
-  static void truncateTable(Table table) throws IOException {
+  static <K> void truncateTable(Table<K, ?> table) throws IOException {
     if (table == null) {
       return;
     }
-    try (TableIterator<Object, Table.KeyValue<Object, Object>> tableIterator = table.iterator()) {
-      while (tableIterator.hasNext()) {
-        KeyValue<Object, Object> entry = tableIterator.next();
-        table.delete(entry.getKey());
+    final K firstKey;
+    final K lastKey;
+    try (TableIterator<K, K> keyIterator = table.keyIterator()) {
+      if (!keyIterator.hasNext()) {
+        return;
       }
+      firstKey = keyIterator.next();
+      keyIterator.seekToLast();
+      lastKey = keyIterator.next();
     }
+    table.deleteRange(firstKey, lastKey);
+    table.delete(lastKey);
   }
 
   private static DBStore initializeDBStore(OzoneConfiguration configuration,
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/TestReconDBProvider.java b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/TestReconDBProvider.java
index 49b0b763e649..b8a954e0f1ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/TestReconDBProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/TestReconDBProvider.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.recon.spi.impl;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.recon.ReconServerConfigKeys.OZONE_RECON_DB_DIR;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.TableIterator;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
@@ -64,4 +68,36 @@ public void testGet() throws Exception {
     assertNotNull(reconDBProvider.getDbStore());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncateTable() throws Exception {
+    ReconDBProvider.truncateTable(null);
+
+    ReconDBProvider reconDBProvider = injector.getInstance(
+        ReconDBProvider.class);
+    Table<Long, Long> table = ReconDBDefinition.CONTAINER_KEY_COUNT.getTable(
+        reconDBProvider.getDbStore());
+
+    ReconDBProvider.truncateTable(table);
+    assertTableIsEmpty(table);
+
+    table.put(1L, 10L);
+    ReconDBProvider.truncateTable(table);
+    assertTableIsEmpty(table);
+
+    for (long i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+      table.put(i, i);
+    }
+    ReconDBProvider.truncateTable(table);
+    assertTableIsEmpty(table);
+
+    table.put(7L, 70L);
+    assertEquals(70L, table.get(7L));
+  }
+
+  private static void assertTableIsEmpty(Table<?, ?> table) throws Exception {
+    try (TableIterator<?, ?> keyIterator = table.keyIterator()) {
+      assertThat(keyIterator).isExhausted();
+    }
+  }
+
 }