diff --git a/channeldb/invoice_test.go b/channeldb/invoice_test.go
index 5c648112..3d659c56 100644
--- a/channeldb/invoice_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/invoice_test.go
@@ -460,6 +460,27 @@ func TestQueryInvoices(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: invoices[10:],
 		},
+		// Fetch one invoice, at index 1, reversed. Since invoice#1 is
+		// the very first, there won't be any left in a reverse search,
+		// so we expect no invoices to be returned.
+		{
+			query: InvoiceQuery{
+				IndexOffset:    1,
+				Reversed:       true,
+				NumMaxInvoices: 1,
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		// Same as above, but don't restrict the number of invoices to
+		// 1.
+		{
+			query: InvoiceQuery{
+				IndexOffset:    1,
+				Reversed:       true,
+				NumMaxInvoices: numInvoices,
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
 		// Fetch all pending invoices with a single query.
 		{
 			query: InvoiceQuery{
diff --git a/channeldb/invoices.go b/channeldb/invoices.go
index e9149c4d..4b0edffe 100644
--- a/channeldb/invoices.go
+++ b/channeldb/invoices.go
@@ -484,9 +484,28 @@ func (d *DB) QueryInvoices(q InvoiceQuery) (InvoiceSlice, error) {
 		// our cursor depending on the parameters set within the query.
 		c := invoiceAddIndex.Cursor()
 		invoiceKey := keyForIndex(c, q.IndexOffset+1)
+
+		// If the query is specifying reverse iteration, then we must
+		// handle a few offset cases.
 		if q.Reversed {
-			_, invoiceKey = c.Last()
-			if q.IndexOffset != 0 {
+			switch q.IndexOffset {
+
+			// This indicates the default case, where no offset was
+			// specified. In that case we just start from the last
+			// invoice.
+			case 0:
+				_, invoiceKey = c.Last()
+
+			// This indicates the offset being set to the very
+			// first invoice. Since there are no invoices before
+			// this offset, and the direction is reversed, we can
+			// return without adding any invoices to the response.
+			case 1:
+				return nil
+
+			// Otherwise we start iteration at the invoice prior to
+			// the offset.
+			default:
 				invoiceKey = keyForIndex(c, q.IndexOffset-1)
 			}
 		}