diff --git a/wp-includes/query.php b/wp-includes/query.php
index 5ef51b50a1..4600dc93e8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/query.php
@@ -2786,13 +2786,13 @@ class WP_Query {
 			if ( !$page )
 				$page = 1;
 
-			if ( empty($q['offset']) ) {
-				$pgstrt = ($page - 1) * $q['posts_per_page'] . ', ';
-			} else { // we're ignoring $page and using 'offset'
+			$pgstrt = ($page - 1) * $q['posts_per_page'];
+
+			if ( ! empty( $q['offset'] ) ) {
 				$q['offset'] = absint($q['offset']);
-				$pgstrt = $q['offset'] . ', ';
+				$pgstrt += $q['offset'];
 			}
-			$limits = 'LIMIT ' . $pgstrt . $q['posts_per_page'];
+			$limits = 'LIMIT ' . $pgstrt . ', ' . $q['posts_per_page'];
 		}
 
 		// Comments feeds