diff --git a/VersionedMap.cpp b/VersionedMap.cpp
index 0305112..9eb3866 100644
--- a/VersionedMap.cpp
+++ b/VersionedMap.cpp
@@ -1028,7 +1028,11 @@ void VersionedMap::Impl::firstGeq(const Key *key, const int64_t *version,
       iterator[i].impl->map->move<std::memory_order_acquire>(
           iterator[i].impl->finger, iterator[i].impl->version, true);
     }
-    iterator[i].impl->mutationIndex = 0;
+    if (iterator[i].impl->cmp == 0) {
+      iterator[i].impl->mutationIndex = iterator[i].impl->mutationCount - 1;
+    } else {
+      iterator[i].impl->mutationIndex = 0;
+    }
   }
 }