diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/Grouping.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/Grouping.java
index fd4fe6a2d1c..8d6a003ca7f 100755
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/Grouping.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/Grouping.java
@@ -585,12 +585,7 @@ public class Grouping {
         }
       }
 
-      int len = docsGathered - offset;
-      if (offset > len) {
-        len = 0;
-      }
-
-      int[] docs = ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(ids.toArray(new Integer[ids.size()]));
+      int len = docsGathered - offset;int[] docs = ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(ids.toArray(new Integer[ids.size()]));
       float[] docScores = ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(scores.toArray(new Float[scores.size()]));
       DocSlice docSlice = new DocSlice(offset, len, docs, docScores, getMatches(), maxScore);
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/TestGroupingSearch.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/TestGroupingSearch.java
index 17ce2a12dde..d705e5bba71 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/TestGroupingSearch.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/TestGroupingSearch.java
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ public class TestGroupingSearch extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     );
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGroupingSimpleFormatStartBiggerThanRows() throws Exception {
+    assertU(add(doc("id", "1")));
+    assertU(add(doc("id", "2")));
+    assertU(add(doc("id", "3")));
+    assertU(add(doc("id", "4")));
+    assertU(add(doc("id", "5")));
+    assertU(commit());
+
+    assertJQ(
+        req("q", "*:*", "start", "2", "rows", "1", "group", "true", "group.field", "id", "group.main", "true"),
+        "/response=={'numFound':5,'start':2,'docs':[{'id':'3'}]}"
+    );
+  }
+
   static String f = "foo_i";
   static String f2 = "foo2_i";