diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/QueryBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/QueryBase.php
index ed3d12b..f5805b6 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/QueryBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/QueryBase.php
@@ -290,12 +290,15 @@ public function pager($limit = 10, $element = NULL) {
    * setting this query to be a count query.
    */
   protected function initializePager() {
+    // @todo Remove global variable when https://www.drupal.org/node/2044435 is
+    // in.
+    global $pager_page_array;
+
     if ($this->pager && !empty($this->pager['limit']) && !$this->count) {
-      $page = pager_find_page($this->pager['element']);
       $count_query = clone $this;
       $this->pager['total'] = $count_query->count()->execute();
-      $this->pager['start'] = $page * $this->pager['limit'];
       pager_default_initialize($this->pager['total'], $this->pager['limit'], $this->pager['element']);
+      $this->pager['start'] = $pager_page_array[$this->pager['element']] * $this->pager['limit'];
       $this->range($this->pager['start'], $this->pager['limit']);
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Pager/PagerTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Pager/PagerTest.php
index 71413f2..0a49a58 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Pager/PagerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Pager/PagerTest.php
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ public function testMultiplePagers() {
         'expected_page' => [0 => '3', 1 => '4', 4 => '5'],
         'expected_query' => '?page=2,3,,,4',
       ],
+      // If negative values are passed as page numbers, the first page is
+      // returned.
+      [
+        'input_query' => '?page=-2,-6,,,5',
+        'expected_page' => [0 => '1', 1 => '1', 4 => '6'],
+        'expected_query' => '?page=0,0,,,5',
+      ],
       // If floats are passed as page numbers, only the integer part is
       // returned.
       [