diff --git a/packages/pouchdb-replication/src/replicate.js b/packages/pouchdb-replication/src/replicate.js
index 672135fbaf..764c852da9 100644
--- a/packages/pouchdb-replication/src/replicate.js
+++ b/packages/pouchdb-replication/src/replicate.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function replicate(src, target, opts, returnValue, result) {
       };
 
       // update the checkpoint so we start from the right seq next time
-      if (!currentBatch && changes.last_seq > last_seq) {
+      if (!currentBatch && changes.results.length === 0) {
         writingCheckpoint = true;
         checkpointer.writeCheckpoint(changes.last_seq,
             session).then(function () {
diff --git a/tests/integration/test.replication.js b/tests/integration/test.replication.js
index f9d22d64d8..e4c1bcc978 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test.replication.js
+++ b/tests/integration/test.replication.js
@@ -1568,13 +1568,12 @@ adapters.forEach(function (adapters) {
         result.ok.should.equal(true);
         result.docs_written.should.equal(0);
         result.docs_read.should.equal(0);
-        changesSince.length.should.equal(2);
-        // the returned last_seq should match the 'since'
-        // requested from remote
-        result.last_seq.should.equal(changesSince[1]);
+        changesSince.length.should.equal(2, JSON.stringify(changesSince));
+
         // the 'since' parameter should be different on the
         // next request
         changesSince[0].should.not.equal(changesSince[1]);
+
         // kick off a second replication
         return db.replicate.from(remote, replicationOpts);
       }).then(function (result) {
@@ -1582,9 +1581,7 @@ adapters.forEach(function (adapters) {
         result.docs_written.should.equal(0);
         result.docs_read.should.equal(0);
         changesSince.length.should.equal(3);
-        // the returned last_seq should match the 'since'
-        // requested from remote
-        result.last_seq.should.equal(changesSince[2]);
+
         // nothing has changed on the remote so 'since'
         // should be the same
         changesSince[1].should.equal(changesSince[2]);