diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardedDaemonProcessImpl.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardedDaemonProcessImpl.scala
index 9c62b648ad..6eff811961 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardedDaemonProcessImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardedDaemonProcessImpl.scala
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ private[akka] final class ShardedDaemonProcessImpl(system: ActorSystem[_])
 
     // One shard per actor identified by the numeric id encoded in the entity id
     val numberOfShards = numberOfInstances
-    val entityIds = (0 to numberOfInstances).map(_.toString)
+    val entityIds = (0 until numberOfInstances).map(_.toString)
 
     val shardingSettings = {
       val shardingBaseSettings =
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ShardedDaemonProcessSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ShardedDaemonProcessSpec.scala
index e06b610ae0..1f2cab6108 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ShardedDaemonProcessSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ShardedDaemonProcessSpec.scala
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class ShardedDaemonProcessSpec
 
       val started = probe.receiveMessages(5)
       started.toSet.size should ===(5)
+      probe.expectNoMessage()
     }
 
     "restart actors if they stop" in {