diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index e4ca11aff1..7a8cf126dd 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ my $scan = $params->{'scan'};
 my $count = C4::Context->preference('numSearchResults') || 20;
 my $results_per_page = $params->{'count'} || $count;
 my $offset = $params->{'offset'} || 0;
+$offset = 0 if $offset < 0;
 my $page = $cgi->param('page') || 1;
 #my $offset = ($page-1)*$results_per_page;
 my $hits;
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 76b24f3fc7..145673230d 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ my $count = C4::Context->preference('OPACnumSearchResults') || 20;
 my $countRSS         = C4::Context->preference('numSearchRSSResults') || 50;
 my $results_per_page = $params->{'count'} || $count;
 my $offset = $params->{'offset'} || 0;
+$offset = 0 if $offset < 0;
 my $page = $cgi->param('page') || 1;
 $offset = ($page-1)*$results_per_page if $page>1;
 my $hits;