diff --git a/lib/logstorage/block_result.go b/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
index 5a3348dce..5162c5f57 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
@@ -1842,5 +1842,12 @@ func visitValuesReadonly(bs *blockSearch, ch *columnHeader, bm *bitmap, f func(v
 	})
 }
 
+func getCanonicalColumnName(columnName string) string {
+	if columnName == "" {
+		return "_msg"
+	}
+	return columnName
+}
+
 var nan = math.NaN()
 var inf = math.Inf(1)
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go b/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
index 7b986feee..1eb73ab75 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
@@ -882,6 +882,10 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`* | stats min(*) x`, `* | stats min(*) as x`)
 	f(`* | stats min(foo,*,bar) x`, `* | stats min(*) as x`)
 
+	// stats pipe fields_min
+	f(`* | stats fields_Min(foo) bar`, `* | stats fields_min(foo) as bar`)
+	f(`* | stats BY(x, y, ) fields_MIN(foo,bar,) bar`, `* | stats by (x, y) fields_min(foo, bar) as bar`)
+
 	// stats pipe avg
 	f(`* | stats Avg(foo) bar`, `* | stats avg(foo) as bar`)
 	f(`* | stats BY(x, y, ) AVG(foo,bar,) bar`, `* | stats by (x, y) avg(foo, bar) as bar`)
@@ -1315,6 +1319,10 @@ func TestParseQueryFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`foo | stats min`)
 	f(`foo | stats min()`)
 
+	// invalid stats min
+	f(`foo | stats fields_min`)
+	f(`foo | stats fields_min()`)
+
 	// invalid stats avg
 	f(`foo | stats avg`)
 	f(`foo | stats avg()`)
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
index 20dd69f32..03d6cc17f 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
@@ -553,6 +553,12 @@ func parsePipeStats(lex *lexer) (*pipeStats, error) {
 
 func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 	switch {
+	case lex.isKeyword("avg"):
+		sas, err := parseStatsAvg(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'avg' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sas, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("count"):
 		scs, err := parseStatsCount(lex)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -571,30 +577,48 @@ func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'count_uniq' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sus, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("sum"):
-		sss, err := parseStatsSum(lex)
+	case lex.isKeyword("fields_min"):
+		sms, err := parseStatsFieldsMin(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum' func: %w", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_min' func: %w", err)
 		}
-		return sss, nil
+		return sms, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("max"):
 		sms, err := parseStatsMax(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'max' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sms, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("median"):
+		sms, err := parseStatsMedian(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'median' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sms, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("min"):
 		sms, err := parseStatsMin(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'min' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sms, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("avg"):
-		sas, err := parseStatsAvg(lex)
+	case lex.isKeyword("quantile"):
+		sqs, err := parseStatsQuantile(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'avg' func: %w", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'quantile' func: %w", err)
 		}
-		return sas, nil
+		return sqs, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("sum"):
+		sss, err := parseStatsSum(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sss, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("sum_len"):
+		sss, err := parseStatsSumLen(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum_len' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sss, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("uniq_values"):
 		sus, err := parseStatsUniqValues(lex)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -607,24 +631,6 @@ func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'values' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return svs, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("sum_len"):
-		sss, err := parseStatsSumLen(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum_len' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sss, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("quantile"):
-		sqs, err := parseStatsQuantile(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'quantile' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sqs, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("median"):
-		sms, err := parseStatsMedian(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'median' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sms, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown stats func %q", lex.token)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/rows.go b/lib/logstorage/rows.go
index fe7c268fd..192205f9c 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/rows.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/rows.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ func (f *Field) Reset() {
 
 // String returns string representation of f.
 func (f *Field) String() string {
-	name := getCanonicalColumnName(f.Name)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q", name, f.Value)
+	x := f.marshalToJSON(nil)
+	return string(x)
 }
 
 func (f *Field) marshal(dst []byte) []byte {
@@ -56,6 +57,27 @@ func (f *Field) unmarshal(a *arena, src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return src, nil
 }
 
+func (f *Field) marshalToJSON(dst []byte) []byte {
+	dst = strconv.AppendQuote(dst, f.Name)
+	dst = append(dst, ':')
+	dst = strconv.AppendQuote(dst, f.Value)
+	return dst
+}
+
+func marshalFieldsToJSON(dst []byte, fields []Field) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, '{')
+	if len(fields) > 0 {
+		dst = fields[0].marshalToJSON(dst)
+		fields = fields[1:]
+		for i := range fields {
+			dst = append(dst, ',')
+			dst = fields[i].marshalToJSON(dst)
+		}
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '}')
+	return dst
+}
+
 func appendFields(a *arena, dst, src []Field) []Field {
 	for _, f := range src {
 		dst = append(dst, Field{
@@ -126,10 +148,3 @@ func (rs *rows) mergeRows(timestampsA, timestampsB []int64, fieldsA, fieldsB [][
 		rs.appendRows(timestampsA, fieldsA)
 	}
 }
-
-func getCanonicalColumnName(columnName string) string {
-	if columnName == "" {
-		return "_msg"
-	}
-	return columnName
-}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..287b134b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+)
+
+type statsFieldsMin struct {
+	srcField string
+
+	resultFields []string
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) String() string {
+	s := "fields_min(" + quoteTokenIfNeeded(sm.srcField)
+	if len(sm.resultFields) > 0 {
+		s += ", " + fieldNamesString(sm.resultFields)
+	}
+	s += ")"
+	return s
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
+	neededFields.add(sm.srcField)
+	neededFields.addFields(sm.resultFields)
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
+	smp := &statsFieldsMinProcessor{
+		sm: sm,
+	}
+	return smp, int(unsafe.Sizeof(*smp))
+}
+
+type statsFieldsMinProcessor struct {
+	sm *statsFieldsMin
+
+	min    string
+
+	fields []Field
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[0])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	needUpdateState := false
+	switch c.valueType {
+	case valueTypeString:
+		needUpdateState = true
+	case valueTypeDict:
+		for _, v := range c.dictValues {
+			if smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+				needUpdateState = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	case valueTypeUint8, valueTypeUint16, valueTypeUint32, valueTypeUint64:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalUint64String(bb.B[:0], c.minValue)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeFloat64:
+		f := math.Float64frombits(c.minValue)
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalFloat64String(bb.B[:0], f)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeIPv4:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalIPv4String(bb.B[:0], uint32(c.minValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeTimestampISO8601:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampISO8601String(bb.B[:0], int64(c.minValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	default:
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unknown valueType=%d", c.valueType)
+	}
+
+	if needUpdateState {
+		values := c.getValues(br)
+		for i, v := range values {
+			stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[rowIdx])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+	stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
+	src := sfp.(*statsFieldsMinProcessor)
+	if smp.needUpdateStateString(src.min) {
+		smp.min = src.min
+		smp.fields = src.fields
+	}
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) needUpdateStateBytes(b []byte) bool {
+	v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(b)
+	return smp.needUpdateStateString(v)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) needUpdateStateString(v string) bool {
+	if v == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return smp.min == "" || lessString(v, smp.min)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateState(v string, br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	if !smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+		// There is no need in updating state
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	stateSizeIncrease -= len(smp.min)
+	stateSizeIncrease += len(v)
+	smp.min = strings.Clone(v)
+
+	fields := smp.fields
+	for _, f := range fields {
+		stateSizeIncrease -= len(f.Name) + len(f.Value)
+	}
+
+	clear(fields)
+	fields = fields[:0]
+	if len(smp.sm.resultFields) == 0 {
+		cs := br.getColumns()
+		for _, c := range cs {
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	} else {
+		for _, field := range smp.sm.resultFields {
+			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	}
+	smp.fields = fields
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
+	bb := bbPool.Get()
+	bb.B = marshalFieldsToJSON(bb.B, smp.fields)
+	result := string(bb.B)
+	bbPool.Put(bb)
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func parseStatsFieldsMin(lex *lexer) (*statsFieldsMin, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("fields_min") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected func; got %q; want 'fields_min'", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+	fields, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_min' args: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing first arg for 'fields_min' func - source field")
+	}
+
+	srcField := fields[0]
+	resultFields := fields[1:]
+	if slices.Contains(resultFields, "*") {
+		resultFields = nil
+	}
+
+	sm := &statsFieldsMin{
+		srcField:     srcField,
+		resultFields: resultFields,
+	}
+	return sm, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45d3a139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMinSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_min(foo)`)
+	f(`fields_min(foo, bar)`)
+	f(`fields_min(foo, bar, baz)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMinFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_min`)
+	f(`fields_min()`)
+	f(`fields_min(x) bar`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsFieldsMin(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats fields_min(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"1"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(b, a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"2"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(b, a, x, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"2","x":"","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"2","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) fields_min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `-12.34`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"-12.34","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"1","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"5"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `foo`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","c":"foo"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `34`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"c":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"c":"foo"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) fields_min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "4"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"1","c":"foo","b":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"5","c":"4"}`},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
index 66a63a16e..f56fa6763 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type statsMaxProcessor struct {
 	sm *statsMax
 
 	max    string
-	hasMax bool
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@ func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	src := sfp.(*statsMaxProcessor)
-	if src.hasMax {
-		smp.updateStateString(src.max)
-	}
+	smp.updateStateString(src.max)
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStateForColumn(br *blockResult, c *blockResultColumn) {
@@ -157,17 +154,13 @@ func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStateString(v string) {
 	if v == "" {
 		// Skip empty strings
 	}
-	if smp.hasMax && !lessString(smp.max, v) {
+	if smp.max != "" && !lessString(smp.max, v) {
 		return
 	}
 	smp.max = strings.Clone(v)
-	smp.hasMax = true
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
-	if !smp.hasMax {
-		return ""
-	}
 	return smp.max
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
index 285b4eaa4..56d4ae711 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type statsMinProcessor struct {
 	sm *statsMin
 
 	min    string
-	hasMin bool
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	src := sfp.(*statsMinProcessor)
-	if src.hasMin {
-		smp.updateStateString(src.min)
-	}
+	smp.updateStateString(src.min)
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStateForColumn(br *blockResult, c *blockResultColumn) {
@@ -158,17 +155,13 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStateString(v string) {
 		// Skip empty strings
 		return
 	}
-	if smp.hasMin && !lessString(v, smp.min) {
+	if smp.min != "" && !lessString(v, smp.min) {
 		return
 	}
 	smp.min = strings.Clone(v)
-	smp.hasMin = true
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
-	if !smp.hasMin {
-		return ""
-	}
 	return smp.min
 }