diff --git a/include/fmt/chrono.h b/include/fmt/chrono.h
index 7bd4206d75280..89be0739265a4 100644
--- a/include/fmt/chrono.h
+++ b/include/fmt/chrono.h
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ struct formatter<std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock, Duration>,
       if (subsecs.count() < 0) {
         auto second =
             std::chrono::duration_cast<Duration>(std::chrono::seconds(1));
-        if (epoch.count() < ((Duration::min)() + second).count())
+        if ((epoch + second).count() < ((Duration::min)() + second).count())
           FMT_THROW(format_error("duration is too small"));
         subsecs += second;
         val -= second;
diff --git a/test/chrono-test.cc b/test/chrono-test.cc
index 077606887095a..1c505ec062323 100644
--- a/test/chrono-test.cc
+++ b/test/chrono-test.cc
@@ -1003,3 +1003,9 @@ TEST(chrono_test, glibc_extensions) {
     EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:%-S}", d), "3.140000");
   }
 }
+TEST(chrono_test, time_min) {
+  {
+    const auto t = std::chrono::system_clock::time_point::min();
+    EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:%S}", t), "53.224192");
+  }
+}
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