diff --git a/src/t_stream.c b/src/t_stream.c
index ff95132c..323783a7 100644
--- a/src/t_stream.c
+++ b/src/t_stream.c
@@ -2165,8 +2165,10 @@ void xclaimCommand(client *c) {
 
         if (nack != raxNotFound) {
             /* We need to check if the minimum idle time requested
-             * by the caller is satisfied by this entry. */
-            if (minidle) {
+             * by the caller is satisfied by this entry.
+             * Note that if nack->consumer is NULL, means the NACK
+             * is created by FORCE, we should ignore minidle. */
+            if (nack->consumer && minidle) {
                 mstime_t this_idle = now - nack->delivery_time;
                 if (this_idle < minidle) continue;
             }