diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReads.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReads.java
index 2061c5364..39a284d98 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReads.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReads.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public class ReduceReads extends ReadWalker<LinkedList<GATKSAMRecord>, ReduceRea
         // Check if the read goes beyond the boundaries of the chromosome, and hard clip those boundaries.
         int chromosomeLength = ref.getGenomeLocParser().getContigInfo(read.getReferenceName()).getSequenceLength();
         if (read.getSoftStart() < 0)
-            read = ReadClipper.hardClipByReadCoordinates(read, 0, -read.getSoftStart() - 1);
+            read = ReadClipper.hardClipByReadCoordinates(read, 0, -read.getSoftStart());
         if (read.getSoftEnd() > chromosomeLength)
             read = ReadClipper.hardClipByReadCoordinates(read, chromosomeLength - read.getSoftStart() + 1, read.getReadLength() - 1);
 
diff --git a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReadsIntegrationTest.java b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReadsIntegrationTest.java
index f0e8b76d4..446c3cfc3 100755
--- a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReadsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/compression/reducereads/ReduceReadsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class ReduceReadsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test(enabled = true)
     public void testReadOffContig() {
         String base = String.format("-T ReduceReads -npt -R %s -I %s ", REF, OFFCONTIG_BAM) + " -o %s ";
-        executeTest("testReadOffContig", new WalkerTestSpec(base, Arrays.asList("53e16367d333da0b7d40a7683a35c95f")));
+        executeTest("testReadOffContig", new WalkerTestSpec(base, Arrays.asList("2f17c1a78e9d0138217fdb83cede8f68")));
     }
 
 }