diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstIterator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstIterator.java
index 2c888ad71704..05bae7d23869 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstIterator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstIterator.java
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ public class NewestSegmentFirstIterator implements CompactionSegmentIterator
             // For example, if the original is interval of 2020-01-28/2020-02-03 with WEEK granularity
             // and the configuredSegmentGranularity is MONTH, the segment will be split to two segments
             // of 2020-01/2020-02 and 2020-02/2020-03.
-            if (Intervals.ETERNITY.equals(segment.getInterval())) {
+            if (Intervals.ETERNITY.getStart().equals(segment.getInterval().getStart())
+                || Intervals.ETERNITY.getEnd().equals(segment.getInterval().getEnd())) {
               // This is to prevent the coordinator from crashing as raised in https://github.com/apache/druid/issues/13208
-              log.warn("Cannot compact datasource[%s] with ALL granularity", dataSource);
+              log.warn("Cannot compact datasource[%s] containing segments with partial-ETERNITY intervals", dataSource);
               return;
             }
             for (Interval interval : configuredSegmentGranularity.getIterable(segment.getInterval())) {
@@ -429,8 +430,9 @@ private List<Interval> findInitialSearchInterval(
     final List<Interval> searchIntervals = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (Interval lookupInterval : filteredInterval) {
-      if (Intervals.ETERNITY.equals(lookupInterval)) {
-        log.warn("Cannot compact datasource[%s] since interval is ETERNITY.", dataSourceName);
+      if (Intervals.ETERNITY.getStart().equals(lookupInterval.getStart())
+          || Intervals.ETERNITY.getEnd().equals(lookupInterval.getEnd())) {
+        log.warn("Cannot compact datasource[%s] since interval[%s] coincides with ETERNITY.", dataSourceName, lookupInterval);
         return Collections.emptyList();
       }
       final List<DataSegment> segments = timeline
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstPolicyTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstPolicyTest.java
index 04f8f8993de6..553445d9f739 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstPolicyTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/server/coordinator/compact/NewestSegmentFirstPolicyTest.java
@@ -1636,6 +1636,70 @@ public void testSkipAllGranularityToDefault()
     Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSkipFirstHalfEternityToDefault()
+  {
+    CompactionSegmentIterator iterator = policy.reset(
+        ImmutableMap.of(DATA_SOURCE,
+                        createCompactionConfig(10000,
+                                               new Period("P0D"),
+                                               null
+                        )
+        ),
+        ImmutableMap.of(
+            DATA_SOURCE,
+            SegmentTimeline.forSegments(ImmutableSet.of(
+                                            new DataSegment(
+                                                DATA_SOURCE,
+                                                new Interval(DateTimes.MIN, DateTimes.of("2024-01-01")),
+                                                "0",
+                                                new HashMap<>(),
+                                                new ArrayList<>(),
+                                                new ArrayList<>(),
+                                                new NumberedShardSpec(0, 0),
+                                                0,
+                                                100)
+                                        )
+            )
+        ),
+        Collections.emptyMap()
+    );
+
+    Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSkipSecondHalfOfEternityToDefault()
+  {
+    CompactionSegmentIterator iterator = policy.reset(
+        ImmutableMap.of(DATA_SOURCE,
+                        createCompactionConfig(10000,
+                                               new Period("P0D"),
+                                               null
+                        )
+        ),
+        ImmutableMap.of(
+            DATA_SOURCE,
+            SegmentTimeline.forSegments(ImmutableSet.of(
+                                            new DataSegment(
+                                                DATA_SOURCE,
+                                                new Interval(DateTimes.of("2024-01-01"), DateTimes.MAX),
+                                                "0",
+                                                new HashMap<>(),
+                                                new ArrayList<>(),
+                                                new ArrayList<>(),
+                                                new NumberedShardSpec(0, 0),
+                                                0,
+                                                100)
+                                        )
+            )
+        ),
+        Collections.emptyMap()
+    );
+
+    Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSkipAllToAllGranularity()
   {