diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_edit.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_edit.cc
index 496a455aace..ab2799f01b7 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_edit.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_edit.cc
@@ -3174,7 +3174,7 @@ static int sequencer_export_subtitles_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
   Sequence *seq, *seq_next;
   Editing *ed = SEQ_editing_get(scene);
   ListBase text_seq = {0};
-  int iter = 0;
+  int iter = 1; /* Sequence numbers in .srt files are 1-indexed. */
   FILE *file;
   char filepath[FILE_MAX];