diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
index b3c68351f..63716687f 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
@@ -1339,3 +1339,117 @@ async fn get_document_with_vectors() {
     }
     "###);
 }
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn test_fetch_documents_pagination_with_sorting() {
+    let server = Server::new_shared();
+    let index = server.unique_index();
+    let (task, _code) = index.create(None).await;
+    server.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    // Set name as sortable attribute
+    let (task, code) = index.update_settings_sortable_attributes(json!(["name"])).await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 202);
+    server.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    let documents = json!((0..50)
+        .map(|i| json!({"id": i, "name": format!("doc_{:05}", std::cmp::min(i, 5))}))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>());
+
+    // Add documents as described in the bug report
+    let (task, code) = index.add_documents(documents, None).await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 202);
+    server.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    // Request 1 (first page): offset 0, limit 2
+    let (response, code) = index
+        .fetch_documents(json!({
+            "offset": 0,
+            "limit": 2,
+            "sort": ["name:asc"]
+        }))
+        .await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    let results = response["results"].as_array().unwrap();
+    snapshot!(json_string!(results), @r###"
+    [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "doc_00000"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "doc_00001"
+      }
+    ]
+    "###);
+
+    // Request 2 (second page): offset 2, limit 2
+    let (response, code) = index
+        .fetch_documents(json!({
+            "offset": 2,
+            "limit": 2,
+            "sort": ["name:asc"]
+        }))
+        .await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    let results = response["results"].as_array().unwrap();
+    snapshot!(json_string!(results), @r###"
+    [
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "doc_00002"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 3,
+        "name": "doc_00003"
+      }
+    ]
+    "###);
+
+    // Request 3 (third page): offset 4, limit 2
+    let (response, code) = index
+        .fetch_documents(json!({
+            "offset": 4,
+            "limit": 2,
+            "sort": ["name:asc"]
+        }))
+        .await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    let results = response["results"].as_array().unwrap();
+    snapshot!(json_string!(results), @r###"
+    [
+      {
+        "id": 4,
+        "name": "doc_00004"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 5,
+        "name": "doc_00005"
+      }
+    ]
+    "###);
+
+    // Request 4 (fourth page): offset 6, limit 2
+    let (response, code) = index
+        .fetch_documents(json!({
+            "offset": 6,
+            "limit": 2,
+            "sort": ["name:asc"]
+        }))
+        .await;
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    let results = response["results"].as_array().unwrap();
+    snapshot!(json_string!(results), @r###"
+    [
+      {
+        "id": 6,
+        "name": "doc_00005"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 7,
+        "name": "doc_00005"
+      }
+    ]
+    "###);
+}
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/documents/sort.rs b/crates/milli/src/documents/sort.rs
index f76081847..db6e54078 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/documents/sort.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/documents/sort.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl Iterator for SortedDocumentsIterator<'_> {
         };
 
         // Otherwise don't directly iterate over children, skip them if we know we will go further
-        let mut to_skip = n - 1;
+        let mut to_skip = n;
         while to_skip > 0 {
             if let Err(e) = SortedDocumentsIterator::update_current(
                 current_child,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl Iterator for SortedDocumentsIterator<'_> {
                 continue;
             } else {
                 // The current iterator is large enough, so we can forward the call to it.
-                return inner.nth(to_skip + 1);
+                return inner.nth(to_skip);
             }
         }