diff --git a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0fts.cc b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0fts.cc
index 596c7528fd3..343c91a892f 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0fts.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0fts.cc
@@ -6301,6 +6301,13 @@ bool fts_init_index(dict_table_t *table, /*!< in: Table with FTS */
 
   if (!start_doc) {
     fts_cmp_set_sync_doc_id(table, 0, true, &start_doc);
+    /* fts_update_sync_doc_id() writes (doc_id + 1) to CONFIG table,
+    so we need to subtract 1 to get the actual synced doc_id.
+    This ensures the recovery query "FTS_DOC_ID > start_doc" won't
+    skip the first unsynced document. */
+    if (start_doc) {
+      start_doc -= 1;
+    }
     cache->synced_doc_id = start_doc;
   }