diff --git a/cursor.go b/cursor.go
index 1be9f35..1bdda63 100644
--- a/cursor.go
+++ b/cursor.go
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ func (c *Cursor) seek(seek []byte) (key []byte, value []byte, flags uint32) {
 	// Start from root page/node and traverse to correct page.
 	c.stack = c.stack[:0]
 	c.search(seek, c.bucket.root)
-	ref := &c.stack[len(c.stack)-1]
-
-	// If the cursor is pointing to the end of page/node then return nil.
-	if ref.index >= ref.count() {
-		return nil, nil, 0
-	}
 
 	// If this is a bucket then return a nil value.
 	return c.keyValue()
@@ -339,6 +333,8 @@ func (c *Cursor) nsearch(key []byte) {
 // keyValue returns the key and value of the current leaf element.
 func (c *Cursor) keyValue() ([]byte, []byte, uint32) {
 	ref := &c.stack[len(c.stack)-1]
+
+	// If the cursor is pointing to the end of page/node then return nil.
 	if ref.count() == 0 || ref.index >= ref.count() {
 		return nil, nil, 0
 	}