diff --git a/cql3/restrictions/token_restriction.hh b/cql3/restrictions/token_restriction.hh
index 485ae1affd..4a634cefb1 100644
--- a/cql3/restrictions/token_restriction.hh
+++ b/cql3/restrictions/token_restriction.hh
@@ -95,15 +95,11 @@ public:
          *
          * In practice, we want to return an empty result set if either startToken > endToken, or both are equal but
          * one of the bound is excluded (since [a, a] can contains something, but not (a, a], [a, a) or (a, a)).
-         * Note though that in the case where startToken or endToken is the minimum token, then this special case
-         * rule should not apply.
          */
-        if (start_token.is_minimum()
-                && end_token.is_maximum()
-                && (start_token > end_token
-                        || (start_token == end_token
-                                && (!include_start || !include_end)))) {
-            return {query::partition_range::make_open_ended_both_sides()};
+        if (start_token > end_token
+                || (start_token == end_token
+                    && (!include_start || !include_end))) {
+            return {};
         }
 
         typedef typename bounds_range_type::bound bound;
diff --git a/tests/urchin/cql_query_test.cc b/tests/urchin/cql_query_test.cc
index ee6c930742..42db8a2798 100644
--- a/tests/urchin/cql_query_test.cc
+++ b/tests/urchin/cql_query_test.cc
@@ -591,6 +591,14 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_partition_range_queries_with_bounds) {
                         {keys[3]}
                     });
                 });
+            }).then([keys, tokens, &e] {
+                return e.execute_cql(sprint("select k from cf where token(k) < 0x%s and token(k) > 0x%s;", to_hex(tokens[3]), to_hex(tokens[3]))).then([keys](auto msg) {
+                    assert_that(msg).is_rows().is_empty();
+                });
+            }).then([keys, tokens, &e] {
+                return e.execute_cql(sprint("select k from cf where token(k) >= 0x%s and token(k) <= 0x%s;", to_hex(tokens[4]), to_hex(tokens[2]))).then([keys](auto msg) {
+                    assert_that(msg).is_rows().is_empty();
+                });
             });
         });
     });