diff --git a/src/Cassandra/Serialization/Primitive/DateTimeOffsetSerializer.cs b/src/Cassandra/Serialization/Primitive/DateTimeOffsetSerializer.cs
index de3b3aeb8..f5d63b1a3 100644
--- a/src/Cassandra/Serialization/Primitive/DateTimeOffsetSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Cassandra/Serialization/Primitive/DateTimeOffsetSerializer.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public override ColumnTypeCode CqlType
         internal static DateTimeOffset Deserialize(byte[] buffer, int offset)
         {
             var milliseconds = BeConverter.ToInt64(buffer, offset);
+            if (milliseconds < MinValueOfDateTimeOffsetAsUnixTimeMilliseconds) milliseconds = MinValueOfDateTimeOffsetAsUnixTimeMilliseconds;
             return UnixStart.AddTicks(TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond * milliseconds);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Cassandra/Serialization/TypeSerializer.cs b/src/Cassandra/Serialization/TypeSerializer.cs
index 8ddc7324f..8abf466db 100644
--- a/src/Cassandra/Serialization/TypeSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Cassandra/Serialization/TypeSerializer.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public abstract class TypeSerializer
         public static readonly TypeSerializer<TimeUuid> PrimitiveTimeUuidSerializer = new TimeUuidSerializer();
 
         internal static readonly DateTimeOffset UnixStart = new DateTimeOffset(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        internal static readonly long MinValueOfDateTimeOffsetAsUnixTimeMilliseconds = -62135596800000;
 
         internal static byte[] GuidShuffle(byte[] b, int offset = 0)
         {