diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 774ebf081e0..578bccdde2f 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -1500,8 +1500,8 @@ function composePadChangesets(padId, startNum, endNum, callback)
       var changesetsNeeded=[];
 
       var headNum = pad.getHeadRevisionNumber();
-      if (endNum > headNum)
-        endNum = headNum;
+      if (endNum > headNum+1)
+        endNum = headNum+1;
       if (startNum < 0)
         startNum = 0;
       //create a array for all changesets, we will