diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
index ef61aae62..611bd0f9f 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 			long count = operations.count(query, metadata.getCollectionName());
 			count = overallLimit != 0 ? Math.min(count, query.getLimit()) : count;
 
-			boolean pageableOutOfScope = pageable.getOffset() > query.getLimit();
+			boolean pageableOutOfScope = pageable.getOffset() > count;
 
 			if (pageableOutOfScope) {
 				return new PageImpl<Object>(Collections.emptyList(), pageable, count);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/AbstractPersonRepositoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/AbstractPersonRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
index b07103f67..c7be14f9f 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/AbstractPersonRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/AbstractPersonRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -969,6 +969,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractPersonRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(result.getContent().size(), is(0));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-996, DATAMONGO-950
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void gettingNonFirstPageWorksWithoutLimitBeingSet() {
+
+		Page<Person> slice = repository.findByLastnameLike("Matthews", new PageRequest(1, 1));
+
+		assertThat(slice.getContent(), hasSize(1));
+		assertThat(slice.hasPrevious(), is(true));
+		assertThat(slice.hasNext(), is(false));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Ignored for now as this requires Querydsl 3.4.1 to succeed.
 	 *