Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/QueryResultImpl.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/QueryResultImpl.java	(revision 1769271)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/QueryResultImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
      * The maximum size of this result if limit >= 0
      */
     private final long limit;
-    
+
     private final boolean sizeEstimate;
 
     /**
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
                 getScoreNodes(), columns,
                 selectorNames, sessionContext.getItemManager(),
                 index.getContext().getHierarchyManager(),
-                sessionContext, 
+                sessionContext,
                 sessionContext.getSessionImpl().getValueFactory(),
                 excerptProvider, spellSuggestion);
     }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("getResults({}) limit={}", size, limit);
         }
-        
+
         if (!sizeEstimate) {
             // quick check
             // if numResults is set, all relevant results have been fetched
@@ -297,7 +297,12 @@
             if (resultNodes.isEmpty() && offset > 0) {
                 // collect result offset into dummy list
                 if (sizeEstimate) {
-                    collectScoreNodes(result, new ArrayList<ScoreNode[]>(), offset);                    
+                    long offsetCount = offset;
+                    while (offsetCount > Integer.MAX_VALUE) { // offset (long) could be larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE. Skip multiple times when needed.
+                        result.skip(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+                        offsetCount -= Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                    }
+                    result.skip((int) offsetCount);
                 } else {
                     collectScoreNodes(result, offsetNodes, offset);
                 }
@@ -314,7 +319,7 @@
 
             if (sizeEstimate) {
                 // update numResults
-                numResults = result.getSize();                
+                numResults = result.getSize();
             } else {
                 // update numResults if all results have been fetched 
                 // if resultNodes.getSize() is strictly smaller than maxResultSize, it means that all results have been fetched
@@ -490,7 +495,7 @@
                     return limit;
                 } else {
                     return size;
-                }                
+                }
             } else {
                 return numResults;
             }