diff --git a/src/numeric_range_trie.cpp b/src/numeric_range_trie.cpp
index 50cf3315..53090b5d 100644
--- a/src/numeric_range_trie.cpp
+++ b/src/numeric_range_trie.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ void NumericTrie::search_greater(const int32_t& value, const bool& inclusive, ui
 
     if (value >= 0) {
         uint32_t* positive_ids = nullptr;
-        positive_trie->search_greater(inclusive ? value : value + 1, positive_ids, ids_length);
+        uint32_t positive_ids_length = 0;
+        positive_trie->search_greater(inclusive ? value : value + 1, positive_ids, positive_ids_length);
+
+        ids_length = positive_ids_length;
         ids = positive_ids;
     } else {
         // Have to combine the results of >value from negative_trie and all the ids in positive_trie
diff --git a/test/numeric_range_trie_test.cpp b/test/numeric_range_trie_test.cpp
index 690209a8..bc47f35a 100644
--- a/test/numeric_range_trie_test.cpp
+++ b/test/numeric_range_trie_test.cpp
@@ -188,4 +188,9 @@ TEST_F(NumericRangeTrieTest, SearchGreater) {
     for (uint32_t i = 5, j = 0; i < pairs.size(); i++, j++) {
         ASSERT_EQ(pairs[i].second, ids[j]);
     }
+
+    trie->search_greater(100000, false, ids, ids_length);
+    ids_guard.reset(ids);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, ids_length);
 }