diff --git a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/api/MysqlMultiActiveLeaseArbiter.java b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/api/MysqlMultiActiveLeaseArbiter.java
index b152d8e15d8..82922dcdde8 100644
--- a/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/api/MysqlMultiActiveLeaseArbiter.java
+++ b/gobblin-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/runtime/api/MysqlMultiActiveLeaseArbiter.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ protected interface CheckedFunction<T, R> {
   private String thisTableAcquireLeaseIfFinishedStatement;
 
   // TODO: define retention on this table
-  // Note: we need to set `event_timestamp` default value only to turn off timestamp auto-updates for row modifications
+  // Note: we need to set `event_timestamp` default value to turn off timestamp auto-updates for row modifications
   private static final String CREATE_LEASE_ARBITER_TABLE_STATEMENT = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s ("
       + "flow_group varchar(" + ServiceConfigKeys.MAX_FLOW_GROUP_LENGTH + ") NOT NULL, flow_name varchar("
       + ServiceConfigKeys.MAX_FLOW_GROUP_LENGTH + ") NOT NULL, " + " flow_action varchar(100) NOT NULL, "
@@ -235,6 +235,20 @@ public LeaseAttemptStatus tryAcquireLease(DagActionStore.DagAction flowAction, l
       int dbLinger = getResult.get().getDbLinger();
       Timestamp dbCurrentTimestamp = getResult.get().getDbCurrentTimestamp();
 
+      // For reminder event, we can stop early if the reminder eventTimeMillis is older than the current event in the db
+      // because db laundering tells us that the currently worked on db event is newer and will have its own reminders
+      if (isReminderEvent) {
+        if (eventTimeMillis < dbEventTimestamp.getTime()) {
+          log.info("tryAcquireLease for [{}, eventTimestamp: {}] - A new event trigger is being worked on, so this "
+              + "older reminder will be dropped.");
+          return new NoLongerLeasingStatus();
+        } if (eventTimeMillis > dbEventTimestamp.getTime()) {
+          log.warn("tryAcquireLease for [{}, eventTimestamp: {}] - Severe constraint violation encountered: a reminder "
+              + "event newer than db event was found when db laundering should ensure monotonically increasing "
+              + "laundered event times.");
+        }
+      }
+
       log.info("Multi-active arbiter replacing local trigger event timestamp [{}, triggerEventTimestamp: {}] with "
           + "database eventTimestamp {} (in epoch-millis)", flowAction, eventTimeMillis, dbCurrentTimestamp.getTime());
 
@@ -256,7 +270,7 @@ public LeaseAttemptStatus tryAcquireLease(DagActionStore.DagAction flowAction, l
       else if (leaseValidityStatus == 2) {
         log.debug("tryAcquireLease for [{}, eventTimestamp: {}] - CASE 4: Lease is out of date (regardless of whether "
             + "same or distinct event)", flowAction, dbCurrentTimestamp.getTime());
-        if (isWithinEpsilon) {
+        if (isWithinEpsilon && !isReminderEvent) {
           log.warn("Lease should not be out of date for the same trigger event since epsilon << linger for flowAction"
                   + " {}, db eventTimestamp {}, db leaseAcquisitionTimestamp {}, linger {}", flowAction,
               dbEventTimestamp, dbLeaseAcquisitionTimestamp, dbLinger);