diff --git a/drivers/cube/cubelinux_store.rs b/drivers/cube/cubelinux_store.rs
index 983553b2a..bb9106a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/cube/cubelinux_store.rs
+++ b/drivers/cube/cubelinux_store.rs
@@ -2877,7 +2877,12 @@ unsafe fn v3_range(
         out,
         written: 0,
         returned: 0,
-        seen: cursor,
+        // `seen` is what skips the `cursor` records already returned, and it must start at 0: this
+        // path re-seeks to the span's foot every batch (there is no `at = first + cursor` here, and
+        // there cannot be — a span holds records that are *not* returned, so the index position of
+        // the cursor-th match is not arithmetic), so `offer` is the only thing that counts. Starting
+        // it at `cursor` would re-serve the span from its foot forever.
+        seen: 0,
         cursor,
         too_big: 0,
     };
@@ -3206,7 +3211,9 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn cubelinux_kernel_range(
         out,
         written: 0,
         returned: 0,
-        seen: cursor,
+        // Same reason as the v3 path: this re-walks the space from its start every batch, and the
+        // cursor's skip is `offer`'s own `seen`, which counts the matches and starts at 0.
+        seen: 0,
         cursor,
         too_big: 0,
     };