diff --git a/modules/m_room.cc b/modules/m_room.cc
index 8c131de57..4609a5527 100644
--- a/modules/m_room.cc
+++ b/modules/m_room.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ircd::m::count_since(const m::room &room,
 	size_t ret{0};
 	// Hit the iterator once first otherwise the count will always increment
 	// to `1` erroneously when it ought to show `0`.
-	for(++it; it && it.event_idx() <= b; ++it, ++ret);
+	for(++it; it && it.event_idx() < b; ++it, ++ret);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/m_user.cc b/modules/m_user.cc
index 1ceb6cbc6..c4d8e5011 100644
--- a/modules/m_user.cc
+++ b/modules/m_user.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ highlighted_count__between(const user &user,
 		};
 
 	size_t ret{0};
-	for(++it; it && it.event_idx() <= b; ++it)
+	for(++it; it && it.event_idx() < b; ++it)
 	{
 		const event &event{*it};
 		ret += highlighted_event(event, user);