diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
index 882b2c361a7b6..3bd305f87317e 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public function getStart()
 			$limit = $this->getState('list.limit');
 			$total = $this->getTotal();
 
-			if ($start > $total - $limit)
+			if ($start > $total)
 			{
 				$start = max(0, (int) (ceil($total / $limit) - 1) * $limit);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/unit/suites/libraries/legacy/model/JModelListTest.php b/tests/unit/suites/libraries/legacy/model/JModelListTest.php
index 02e3c3c68f1d8..d924fa6ee6510 100644
--- a/tests/unit/suites/libraries/legacy/model/JModelListTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/suites/libraries/legacy/model/JModelListTest.php
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ public function getStartDataProvider()
 			array(0, 30, 87,  '30e29215b4fac06b4ea59894161c5b70F', 0),
 			array(30, 30, 87, '7b2ec67b92bf302ff8c5a4ab575baf7f', 30),
 			array(60, 30, 87, 'a061a820ad5a502c73bb4577849dc090', 60),
-			array(67, 30, 87, '1d1114ae603b8e6ed4f536c7f1d0c827', 60),
+			array(67, 30, 87, '1d1114ae603b8e6ed4f536c7f1d0c827', 67),
 			array(88, 30, 87, '9ea5981186b1bb5899d8bf4fc4d5e444', 60)
 		);
 	}