diff --git a/C4/Search.pm b/C4/Search.pm
index 37dfb2cd6c..fa920cfbca 100644
--- a/C4/Search.pm
+++ b/C4/Search.pm
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ sub getRecords {
 
     my @servers = @$servers_ref;
     my @sort_by = @$sort_by_ref;
+    $offset = 0 if $offset < 0;
 
     # Initialize variables for the ZOOM connection and results object
     my $zconn;
diff --git a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
index 26bc4fc3c1..9f0e2a5991 100644
--- a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
+++ b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ sub search_compat {
     ) = @_;
     my %options;
     $options{offset} = $offset;
+    $offset = 0 if $offset < 0;
     $options{expanded_facet} = $expanded_facet;
     my $results = $self->search($query, undef, $results_per_page, %options);