diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
index 79a813567b961..60ea9542579bf 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ protected void postCommit(HoodieTable table, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata, Stri
    */
   protected void mayBeCleanAndArchive(HoodieTable table) {
     autoCleanOnCommit();
-    autoArchiveOnCommit(table);
+    // reload table to that timeline reflects the clean commit
+    autoArchiveOnCommit(createTable(config, hadoopConf));
   }
 
   protected void runTableServicesInline(HoodieTable table, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata, Option<Map<String, String>> extraMetadata) {
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestCommitsProcedure.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestCommitsProcedure.scala
index 9b3f5a9c38bb7..80ce82ca88eae 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestCommitsProcedure.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestCommitsProcedure.scala
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ class TestCommitsProcedure extends HoodieSparkProcedureTestBase {
 
       // collect active commits for table
       val commits = spark.sql(s"""call show_commits(table => '$tableName', limit => 10)""").collect()
-      assertResult(5) {
+      assertResult(4) {
         commits.length
       }
 
       // collect archived commits for table
       val endTs = commits(0).get(0).toString
       val archivedCommits = spark.sql(s"""call show_archived_commits(table => '$tableName', end_ts => '$endTs')""").collect()
-      assertResult(2) {
+      assertResult(3) {
         archivedCommits.length
       }
     }
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ class TestCommitsProcedure extends HoodieSparkProcedureTestBase {
 
       // collect active commits for table
       val commits = spark.sql(s"""call show_commits(table => '$tableName', limit => 10)""").collect()
-      assertResult(5) {
+      assertResult(4) {
         commits.length
       }
 
       // collect archived commits for table
       val endTs = commits(0).get(0).toString
       val archivedCommits = spark.sql(s"""call show_archived_commits_metadata(table => '$tableName', end_ts => '$endTs')""").collect()
-      assertResult(2) {
+      assertResult(3) {
         archivedCommits.length
       }
     }
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
index 739b75ae5f778..febb9b15164d5 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
@@ -1109,15 +1109,31 @@ public void testCleanerDeleteReplacedDataWithArchive(Boolean asyncClean, HoodieR
     TestHelpers.addRecordMerger(recordType, configs);
     cfg.configs = configs;
     cfg.continuousMode = false;
+    // timeline as of now. no cleaner and archival kicked in.
+    // c1, c2, rc3, c4, c5, rc6,
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-      ds = new HoodieDeltaStreamer(cfg, jsc);
-      ds.sync();
-    }
-
-    // Step 5 : FirstReplaceHoodieInstant is retained for clean.
+    ds = new HoodieDeltaStreamer(cfg, jsc);
+    ds.sync();
+    // after 1 round of sync, timeline will be as follows
+    // just before clean
+    // c1, c2, rc3, c4, c5, rc6, c7
+    // after clean
+    // c1, c2, rc3, c4, c5, rc6, c7, c8.clean (earliest commit to retain is c7)
+    // after archival (retain 4 commits)
+    // c4, c5, rc6, c7, c8.clean
+
+    // old code has 2 sync() calls. book-keeping the sequence for now.
+    // after 2nd round of sync
+    // just before clean
+    // c4, c5, rc6, c7, c8.clean, c9
+    // after clean
+    // c4, c5, rc6, c7, c8.clean, c9, c10.clean (earliest commit to retain c9)
+    // after archival
+    // c5, rc6, c7, c8.clean, c9, c10.clean
+
+    // Step 5 : FirstReplaceHoodieInstant should not be retained.
     long count = meta.reloadActiveTimeline().getCompletedReplaceTimeline().getInstantsAsStream().filter(instant -> firstReplaceHoodieInstant.get().equals(instant)).count();
-    assertEquals(1, count);
+    assertEquals(0, count);
 
     // Step 6 : All the replaced files in firstReplaceHoodieInstant should be deleted through sync/async cleaner.
     for (String replacedFilePath : replacedFilePaths) {
@@ -2387,7 +2403,7 @@ private void insertInTable(String tableBasePath, int count, WriteOperationType o
     if (cfg.configs == null) {
       cfg.configs = new ArrayList<>();
     }
-    cfg.configs.add("hoodie.cleaner.commits.retained=3");
+    cfg.configs.add("hoodie.cleaner.commits.retained=2");
     cfg.configs.add("hoodie.keep.min.commits=4");
     cfg.configs.add("hoodie.keep.max.commits=5");
     cfg.configs.add("hoodie.test.source.generate.inserts=true");