diff --git a/model/textparse/nhcbparse_test.go b/model/textparse/nhcbparse_test.go
index 859bcc1cb7..db0d3e4fdb 100644
--- a/model/textparse/nhcbparse_test.go
+++ b/model/textparse/nhcbparse_test.go
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ something_bucket{a="b",le="+Inf"} 9 # {id="something-test"} 2e100 123.000
 				Schema:          histogram.CustomBucketsSchema,
 				Count:           9,
 				Sum:             42123.0,
-				PositiveSpans:   []histogram.Span{{Offset: 0, Length: 3}},
-				PositiveBuckets: []int64{8, -8, 1},
+				PositiveSpans:   []histogram.Span{{Offset: 0, Length: 1}, {Offset: 1, Length: 1}},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{8, -7},
 				CustomValues:    []float64{0.0, 1.0}, // We do not store the +Inf boundary.
 			},
 			lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "something", "a", "b"),
diff --git a/util/convertnhcb/convertnhcb.go b/util/convertnhcb/convertnhcb.go
index 21ae62b3cb..daf30d20cf 100644
--- a/util/convertnhcb/convertnhcb.go
+++ b/util/convertnhcb/convertnhcb.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (h TempHistogram) convertToIntegerHistogram(count uint64) (*histogram.Histo
 		return nil, nil, h.err
 	}
 
-	return rh.Compact(2), nil, nil
+	return rh.Compact(0), nil, nil
 }
 
 func (h TempHistogram) convertToFloatHistogram() (*histogram.Histogram, *histogram.FloatHistogram, error) {