diff --git a/src/cairo-ps-surface.c b/src/cairo-ps-surface.c
index d02eacf01..b5062d4b5 100644
--- a/src/cairo-ps-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-ps-surface.c
@@ -848,11 +848,12 @@ _cairo_ps_surface_finish (void *abstract_surface)
 static void
 _cairo_ps_surface_start_page (cairo_ps_surface_t *surface)
 {
+    /* Increment before print so page numbers start at 1. */
+    surface->num_pages++;
     _cairo_output_stream_printf (surface->stream,
 				 "%%%%Page: %d %d\n",
 				 surface->num_pages,
 				 surface->num_pages);
-    surface->num_pages++;
 
     _cairo_output_stream_printf (surface->stream,
 				 "gsave %f %f translate %f %f scale \n",