diff --git a/storage/metric/watermark.go b/storage/metric/watermark.go
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+// Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metric
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model"
+)
+
+// unsafe.Sizeof(Watermarks{})
+const elementSize = 24
+
+type Bytes uint64
+
+// WatermarkCache is a thread-safe LRU cache for fingerprint watermark
+// state.
+type WatermarkCache struct {
+	mu sync.Mutex
+
+	list  *list.List
+	table map[model.Fingerprint]*list.Element
+
+	size Bytes
+
+	allowance Bytes
+}
+
+type Watermarks struct {
+	High time.Time
+}
+
+type entry struct {
+	fingerprint *model.Fingerprint
+	watermarks  *Watermarks
+	accessed    time.Time
+}
+
+func NewWatermarkCache(allowance Bytes) *WatermarkCache {
+	return &WatermarkCache{
+		list:      list.New(),
+		table:     map[model.Fingerprint]*list.Element{},
+		allowance: allowance,
+	}
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) Get(f *model.Fingerprint) (v *Watermarks, ok bool) {
+	lru.mu.Lock()
+	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
+
+	element, ok := lru.table[*f]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	lru.moveToFront(element)
+
+	return element.Value.(*entry).watermarks, true
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) Set(f *model.Fingerprint, w *Watermarks) {
+	lru.mu.Lock()
+	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if element, ok := lru.table[*f]; ok {
+		lru.updateInplace(element, w)
+	} else {
+		lru.addNew(f, w)
+	}
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) SetIfAbsent(f *model.Fingerprint, w *Watermarks) {
+	lru.mu.Lock()
+	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if element, ok := lru.table[*f]; ok {
+		lru.moveToFront(element)
+	} else {
+		lru.addNew(f, w)
+	}
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) Delete(f *model.Fingerprint) bool {
+	lru.mu.Lock()
+	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
+
+	element, ok := lru.table[*f]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	lru.list.Remove(element)
+	delete(lru.table, *f)
+	lru.size -= elementSize
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) Clear() {
+	lru.mu.Lock()
+	defer lru.mu.Unlock()
+
+	lru.list.Init()
+	lru.table = map[model.Fingerprint]*list.Element{}
+	lru.size = 0
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) updateInplace(e *list.Element, w *Watermarks) {
+	e.Value = w
+	lru.moveToFront(e)
+	lru.checkCapacity()
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) moveToFront(e *list.Element) {
+	lru.list.MoveToFront(e)
+	e.Value.(*entry).accessed = time.Now()
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) addNew(f *model.Fingerprint, w *Watermarks) {
+	lru.table[*f] = lru.list.PushFront(&entry{
+		fingerprint: f,
+		watermarks:  w,
+		accessed:    time.Now(),
+	})
+	lru.size += elementSize
+	lru.checkCapacity()
+}
+
+func (lru *WatermarkCache) checkCapacity() {
+	for lru.size > lru.allowance {
+		delElem := lru.list.Back()
+		delWatermarks := delElem.Value.(*entry)
+		lru.list.Remove(delElem)
+		delete(lru.table, *delWatermarks.fingerprint)
+		lru.size -= elementSize
+	}
+}