diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSource.scala b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSource.scala
index 7edaaf0491f..ab2b1f89720 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSource.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSource.scala
@@ -202,7 +202,13 @@ case class DeltaSource(
       // isStartingVersion must be false here as we have bumped the version
       Some(DeltaSourceOffset(tableId, v + 1, -1, isStartingVersion = false))
     } else {
-      Some(DeltaSourceOffset(tableId, v, i, isStartingVersion = v == version))
+      // - When the local val `isStartingVersion` is `false`, it means this query is using
+      // `startingVersion/startingTimestamp`. In this case, we should use an offset that's based on
+      // json files (the offset's `isStartingVersion` should be `false`).
+      // - If `isStartingVersion` is true (in other words, it's not using
+      // `startingVersion/startingTimestamp`), we should use `v == version` to determine whether we
+      // should use an offset that's based on snapshots or json files.
+      Some(DeltaSourceOffset(tableId, v, i, isStartingVersion = isStartingVersion && v == version))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaSourceSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaSourceSuite.scala
index 479103c2a3c..02402db16fb 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaSourceSuite.scala
@@ -1428,6 +1428,42 @@ class DeltaSourceSuite extends DeltaSourceSuiteBase with DeltaSQLCommandTest {
     }
   }
 
+  test("startingVersion should work with rate time") {
+    withTempDir { dir =>
+      withTempView("startingVersionWithRateLimit") {
+        val path = dir.getAbsolutePath
+        // Create version 0 and version 1 and each version has two files
+        spark.range(0, 5).repartition(2).write.mode("append").format("delta").save(path)
+        spark.range(5, 10).repartition(2).write.mode("append").format("delta").save(path)
+
+        val q = spark.readStream
+          .format("delta")
+          .option("startingVersion", 1)
+          .option("maxFilesPerTrigger", 1)
+          .load(path)
+          .writeStream
+          .format("memory")
+          .queryName("startingVersionWithRateLimit")
+          .start()
+        try {
+          q.processAllAvailable()
+          checkAnswer(sql("select * from startingVersionWithRateLimit"), (5 until 10).map(Row(_)))
+          val id = DeltaLog.forTable(spark, path).snapshot.metadata.id
+          val endOffsets = q.recentProgress
+            .map(_.sources(0).endOffset)
+            .map(offsetJson => DeltaSourceOffset(id, SerializedOffset(offsetJson)))
+          assert(endOffsets.toList ==
+            DeltaSourceOffset(DeltaSourceOffset.VERSION, id, 1, 0, isStartingVersion = false)
+              // When we reach the end of version 1, we will jump to version 2 with index -1
+              :: DeltaSourceOffset(DeltaSourceOffset.VERSION, id, 2, -1, isStartingVersion = false)
+              :: Nil)
+        } finally {
+          q.stop()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   testQuietly("SC-46515: deltaSourceIgnoreChangesError contains removeFile, version") {
     withTempDirs { (inputDir, outputDir, checkpointDir) =>
       Seq(1, 2, 3).toDF("x").write.format("delta").save(inputDir.toString)