diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.java
index 8b7e319e1..7a5f950e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.java
@@ -8700,7 +8700,7 @@ public class ArrayUtils {
         }
 
         if(index < 0 ){
-            index = 0;
+            return defaultReturn;
         }
 
         return array[index];
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
index 984184cbb..0121473cc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
@@ -5125,7 +5125,7 @@ public class ArrayUtilsTest {
         assertEquals("Test", ArrayUtils.get(array, 10, "Test"));
 
         //negative index
-        assertEquals("Hello World", ArrayUtils.get(array, -1));
+        assertEquals("Default", ArrayUtils.get(array, -1, "Default"));
     }
 
     @Test