diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
index 5ebc083a7da92..b5fb866a61e66 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class FileStreamSource(
     fs.makeQualified(new Path(path))  // can contains glob patterns
   }
 
-  private val metadataLog =
-    new FileStreamSourceLog(FileStreamSourceLog.VERSION, sparkSession, metadataPath)
+  private val metadataLog = new FileStreamSourceLog(FileStreamSourceLog.VERSION, sparkSession,
+    metadataPath, sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs)
   private var maxBatchId = metadataLog.getLatest().map(_._1).getOrElse(-1L)
 
   /** Maximum number of new files to be considered in each batch */
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ class FileStreamSource(
   // Visible for testing and debugging in production.
   val seenFiles = new SeenFilesMap(sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs)
 
-  metadataLog.allFiles().foreach { entry =>
-    seenFiles.add(entry)
-  }
+  metadataLog.allFiles().foreach { entry => seenFiles.add(entry) }
   seenFiles.purge()
 
   logInfo(s"maxFilesPerBatch = $maxFilesPerBatch, maxFileAge = ${sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs}")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceLog.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceLog.scala
index 4681f2ba08c84..0ebe099d96603 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceLog.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceLog.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 class FileStreamSourceLog(
     metadataLogVersion: String,
     sparkSession: SparkSession,
-    path: String)
+    path: String,
+    maxFileAge: Long)
   extends CompactibleFileStreamLog[FileEntry](metadataLogVersion, sparkSession, path) {
 
   import CompactibleFileStreamLog._
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ class FileStreamSourceLog(
 
   private implicit val formats = Serialization.formats(NoTypeHints)
 
+  // Timestamp to track the latest file entry been added to log.
+  private var latestAddTimestamp = -1L
+
   // A fixed size log entry cache to cache the file entries belong to the compaction batch. It is
   // used to avoid scanning the compacted log file to retrieve it's own batch data.
   private val cacheSize = compactInterval
@@ -69,7 +73,8 @@ class FileStreamSourceLog(
   }
 
   def compactLogs(logs: Seq[FileEntry]): Seq[FileEntry] = {
-    logs
+    val purgeTime = latestAddTimestamp - maxFileAge
+    logs.filter(_.timestamp > purgeTime)
   }
 
   override def add(batchId: Long, logs: Array[FileEntry]): Boolean = {
@@ -77,6 +82,13 @@ class FileStreamSourceLog(
       if (isCompactionBatch(batchId, compactInterval)) {
         fileEntryCache.put(batchId, logs)
       }
+
+      logs.foreach { entry =>
+        if (entry.timestamp > latestAddTimestamp) {
+          latestAddTimestamp = entry.timestamp
+        }
+      }
+
       true
     } else {
       false
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
index 0795a0527f13a..5eb48de59960f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming
 
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URI
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 import scala.util.Random
 
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSQLContext {
         classOf[ExistsThrowsExceptionFileSystem].getName)
       // add the metadata entries as a pre-req
       val dir = new File(temp, "dir") // use non-existent directory to test whether log make the dir
-      val metadataLog =
-        new FileStreamSourceLog(FileStreamSourceLog.VERSION, spark, dir.getAbsolutePath)
+      val metadataLog = new FileStreamSourceLog(FileStreamSourceLog.VERSION, spark,
+        dir.getAbsolutePath, TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(7))
       assert(metadataLog.add(0, Array(FileEntry(s"$scheme:///file1", 100L, 0))))
 
       val newSource = new FileStreamSource(spark, s"$scheme:///", "parquet", StructType(Nil),
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
index 55c95ae285c1b..9784c3c6665a9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {
         AddTextFileData("a\nb", src, tmp),
         CheckAnswer("a", "b"),
 
-        // SLeeps longer than 5ms (maxFileAge)
+        // Sleeps longer than 5ms (maxFileAge)
         // Unfortunately since a lot of file system does not have modification time granularity
         // finer grained than 1 sec, we need to use 1 sec here.
         AssertOnQuery { _ => Thread.sleep(1000); true },
@@ -899,6 +899,52 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("purge aged file entry in FileStreamSourceLog") {
+    withTempDirs { case (src, tmp) =>
+      withSQLConf(
+        SQLConf.FILE_SOURCE_LOG_COMPACT_INTERVAL.key -> "2"
+      ) {
+        val fileStream = createFileStream(format = "text", path = src.getCanonicalPath,
+          options = Map("maxFileAge" -> "5ms"))
+        val filtered = fileStream.filter($"value" contains "keep")
+
+        def metadataLog(execution: StreamExecution): FileStreamSourceLog = {
+          val _sources = PrivateMethod[Seq[Source]]('sources)
+          val _metadataLog = PrivateMethod[FileStreamSourceLog]('metadataLog)
+          val fileSource = (execution invokePrivate _sources()).head.asInstanceOf[FileStreamSource]
+          fileSource invokePrivate _metadataLog()
+        }
+
+        testStream(filtered)(
+          AddTextFileData("drop1\nkeep2\nkeep3", src, tmp),
+          AssertOnQuery { _ => Thread.sleep(1000); true },
+          CheckAnswer("keep2", "keep3"),
+          AddTextFileData("drop4\nkeep5\nkeep6", src, tmp),
+          AssertOnQuery { _ => Thread.sleep(1000); true },
+          CheckAnswer("keep2", "keep3", "keep5", "keep6"),
+          AssertOnQuery { e =>
+            val compactedFileEntries = metadataLog(e).get(1L)
+            assert(compactedFileEntries.isDefined)
+            assert(compactedFileEntries.get.map(_.batchId).sorted === Array(0L, 1L))
+            true
+          },
+          AddTextFileData("drop7\nkeep8\nkeep9", src, tmp),
+          AssertOnQuery { _ => Thread.sleep(1000); true },
+          CheckAnswer("keep2", "keep3", "keep5", "keep6", "keep8", "keep9"),
+          AddTextFileData("drop10\nkeep11", src, tmp),
+          AssertOnQuery { _ => Thread.sleep(1000); true },
+          CheckAnswer("keep2", "keep3", "keep5", "keep6", "keep8", "keep9", "keep11"),
+          AssertOnQuery { e =>
+            val compactedFileEntries = metadataLog(e).get(3L)
+            assert(compactedFileEntries.isDefined)
+            assert(compactedFileEntries.get.map(_.batchId).sorted === Array(2L, 3L))
+            true
+          }
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class FileStreamSourceStressTestSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {