diff --git a/src/compress/flate/deflate_test.go b/src/compress/flate/deflate_test.go
index 49a0345fd1d..b19cbec5a9a 100644
--- a/src/compress/flate/deflate_test.go
+++ b/src/compress/flate/deflate_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
@@ -896,6 +897,62 @@ func TestBestSpeedMaxMatchOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBestSpeedShiftOffsets(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test if shiftoffsets properly preserves matches and resets out-of-range matches
+	// seen in https://github.com/golang/go/issues/4142
+	enc := newDeflateFast()
+
+	// testData may not generate internal matches.
+	testData := make([]byte, 32)
+	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(0))
+	for i := range testData {
+		testData[i] = byte(rng.Uint32())
+	}
+
+	// Encode the testdata with clean state.
+	// Second part should pick up matches from the first block.
+	wantFirstTokens := len(enc.encode(nil, testData))
+	wantSecondTokens := len(enc.encode(nil, testData))
+
+	if wantFirstTokens <= wantSecondTokens {
+		t.Fatalf("test needs matches between inputs to be generated")
+	}
+	// Forward the current indicator to before wraparound.
+	enc.cur = bufferReset - int32(len(testData))
+
+	// Part 1 before wrap, should match clean state.
+	got := len(enc.encode(nil, testData))
+	if wantFirstTokens != got {
+		t.Errorf("got %d, want %d tokens", got, wantFirstTokens)
+	}
+
+	// Verify we are about to wrap.
+	if enc.cur != bufferReset {
+		t.Errorf("got %d, want e.cur to be at bufferReset (%d)", enc.cur, bufferReset)
+	}
+
+	// Part 2 should match clean state as well even if wrapped.
+	got = len(enc.encode(nil, testData))
+	if wantSecondTokens != got {
+		t.Errorf("got %d, want %d token", got, wantSecondTokens)
+	}
+
+	// Verify that we wrapped.
+	if enc.cur >= bufferReset {
+		t.Errorf("want e.cur to be < bufferReset (%d), got %d", bufferReset, enc.cur)
+	}
+
+	// Forward the current buffer, leaving the matches at the bottom.
+	enc.cur = bufferReset
+	enc.shiftOffsets()
+
+	// Ensure that no matches were picked up.
+	got = len(enc.encode(nil, testData))
+	if wantFirstTokens != got {
+		t.Errorf("got %d, want %d tokens", got, wantFirstTokens)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMaxStackSize(t *testing.T) {
 	// This test must not run in parallel with other tests as debug.SetMaxStack
 	// affects all goroutines.
diff --git a/src/compress/flate/deflatefast.go b/src/compress/flate/deflatefast.go
index 24f8be9d5db..6aa439f13d9 100644
--- a/src/compress/flate/deflatefast.go
+++ b/src/compress/flate/deflatefast.go
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ func (e *deflateFast) matchLen(s, t int32, src []byte) int32 {
 func (e *deflateFast) reset() {
 	e.prev = e.prev[:0]
 	// Bump the offset, so all matches will fail distance check.
+	// Nothing should be >= e.cur in the table.
 	e.cur += maxMatchOffset
 
 	// Protect against e.cur wraparound.
@@ -288,17 +289,21 @@ func (e *deflateFast) shiftOffsets() {
 		for i := range e.table[:] {
 			e.table[i] = tableEntry{}
 		}
-		e.cur = maxMatchOffset
+		e.cur = maxMatchOffset + 1
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Shift down everything in the table that isn't already too far away.
 	for i := range e.table[:] {
-		v := e.table[i].offset - e.cur + maxMatchOffset
+		v := e.table[i].offset - e.cur + maxMatchOffset + 1
 		if v < 0 {
+			// We want to reset e.cur to maxMatchOffset + 1, so we need to shift
+			// all table entries down by (e.cur - (maxMatchOffset + 1)).
+			// Because we ignore matches > maxMatchOffset, we can cap
+			// any negative offsets at 0.
 			v = 0
 		}
 		e.table[i].offset = v
 	}
-	e.cur = maxMatchOffset
+	e.cur = maxMatchOffset + 1
 }