diff --git a/util/checkpoints.pl b/util/checkpoints.pl
index ae273ed85..25cf5e3ad 100755
--- a/util/checkpoints.pl
+++ b/util/checkpoints.pl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while (1) {
 	$count++;
 	my $block = $start_height + $stride*$count;
 	if ($block > $blocks) {
-		$last = $stride*($count-1);
+		$last = $start_height + $stride*($count-1);
         #print "last checkpointed block=$last\n";
         last;
     }