diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-pdf-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/pdf/AbstractPDF2XHTML.java b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-pdf-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/pdf/AbstractPDF2XHTML.java
index 5eea420262..4bc31c3d9d 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-pdf-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/pdf/AbstractPDF2XHTML.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-standard/tika-parsers-standard-modules/tika-parser-pdf-module/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/pdf/AbstractPDF2XHTML.java
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ protected void processPages(PDPageTree pages) throws IOException {
         //                && (endBookmarkPageNumber == -1 ||
         //                currentPageNo <= endBookmarkPageNumber))
         //        {
-        super.setStartPage(1);
+        super.setStartPage(-1);
         for (PDPage page : pages) {
             if (getCurrentPageNo() >= getStartPage() && getCurrentPageNo() <= getEndPage()) {
                 processPage(page);