diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
index 850dbe07a7..22f2dcf16a 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> distributeShards(
     }
 
     // determine shard id
-    std::string shardId = "s" + StringUtils::itoa(id + 1 + i);
+    std::string shardId = "s" + StringUtils::itoa(id + i);
 
     shards.emplace(shardId, serverIds);
   }