diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 36e31942ce..6b279f30ef 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static int still_interesting(struct commit_list *src, timestamp_t date, int slop
return SLOP;
/* Ok, we're closing in.. */
- return slop-1;
+ return slop;
}
/*