diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
index a8b542053b..972b1ff537 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export function claim_html_tag(nodes) {
 	}
 
 	init_claim_info(nodes);
-	const html_tag_nodes = nodes.splice(start_index, end_index + 1);
+	const html_tag_nodes = nodes.splice(start_index, end_index - start_index + 1);
 	detach(html_tag_nodes[0]);
 	detach(html_tag_nodes[html_tag_nodes.length - 1]);
 	const claimed_nodes = html_tag_nodes.slice(1, html_tag_nodes.length - 1);
diff --git a/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_after.html b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_after.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ee6452d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_after.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+<div>before</div>
+<br>
+
+<!-- HTML_TAG_START -->a <!-- HTML_TAG_END --><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->b <!-- HTML_TAG_END --><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->c <!-- HTML_TAG_END -->
+<div>after</div>
diff --git a/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_before.html b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_before.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ee6452d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/_before.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+<div>before</div>
+<br>
+
+<!-- HTML_TAG_START -->a <!-- HTML_TAG_END --><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->b <!-- HTML_TAG_END --><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->c <!-- HTML_TAG_END -->
+<div>after</div>
diff --git a/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/main.svelte b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d08a3f418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hydration/samples/raw-with-empty-line-at-top/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<script>
+	let content = ["a ", "b ", "c "];
+</script>
+
+<div>before</div>
+<br>
+
+{#each content as c}
+    {@html c}
+{/each}
+<div>after</div>