diff --git a/dosagelib/scraper.py b/dosagelib/scraper.py
index 0e124ef77..50e3ecf39 100644
--- a/dosagelib/scraper.py
+++ b/dosagelib/scraper.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
         else:
             self.indexes = tuple()
         self.skippedUrls = set()
+        self.hitFirstStripUrl = False
 
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         """Compare scraper by name and index list."""
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
     def getStripsFor(self, url, maxstrips):
         """Get comic strips for an URL. If maxstrips is a positive number, stop after
         retrieving the given number of strips."""
+        self.hitFirstStripUrl = False
         seen_urls = set()
         while url:
             data, baseUrl = getPageContent(url, self.session)
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
                 yield self.getComicStrip(url, imageUrls)
             if self.firstStripUrl == url:
                 out.debug("Stop at first URL %s" % url)
+                self.hitFirstStripUrl = True
                 break
             prevUrl = None
             if self.prevSearch:
diff --git a/tests/test_comics.py b/tests/test_comics.py
index bef6a9e3a..0c2ced96d 100644
--- a/tests/test_comics.py
+++ b/tests/test_comics.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class _ComicTester(TestCase):
             if num > 0 and self.scraperclass.prevUrlMatchesStripUrl:
                 self.check_stripurl(strip)
             num += 1
-        if self.scraperclass.prevSearch:
+        if self.scraperclass.prevSearch and not scraperobj.hitFirstStripUrl:
             self.check(num >= 4, 'traversal failed after %d strips, check the prevSearch pattern at %s.' % (num, strip.stripUrl))
             # Check that exactly or for multiple pages at least 5 images are saved.
             # This is different than the image number check above since it checks saved files,