diff --git a/faust/tables/recovery.py b/faust/tables/recovery.py
index 11737aef0..936b514ee 100644
--- a/faust/tables/recovery.py
+++ b/faust/tables/recovery.py
@@ -706,11 +706,6 @@ async def _build_offsets(
         # -- Update offsets
         # Offsets may have been compacted, need to get to the recent ones
         earliest = await consumer.earliest_offsets(*tps)
-        # FIXME To be consistent with the offset -1 logic
-        earliest = {
-            tp: offset - 1 if offset is not None else None
-            for tp, offset in earliest.items()
-        }
 
         for tp in tps:
             last_value = destination[tp]
@@ -723,7 +718,7 @@ async def _build_offsets(
             elif new_value is None:
                 destination[tp] = last_value
             else:
-                destination[tp] = max(last_value, new_value)
+                destination[tp] = max(last_value, new_value - 1)
 
         if destination:
             self.log.info(
diff --git a/tests/unit/tables/test_recovery.py b/tests/unit/tables/test_recovery.py
index 81fcad8d5..2790d6a29 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tables/test_recovery.py
+++ b/tests/unit/tables/test_recovery.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ async def test__build_offsets_with_none(self, *, recovery, app) -> None:
         destination = {TP1: None, TP2: 1, TP3: 8, TP4: -1}
         await recovery._build_offsets(consumer, tps, destination, "some-title")
         assert len(destination) == 4
-        assert destination[TP1] == -1
+        assert destination[TP1] == 0
         assert destination[TP2] == 2
         assert destination[TP3] == 8
         assert destination[TP4] == -1