diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
index 50dad2f2dab389..c0fe29861e3234 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
@@ -858,15 +858,19 @@ class VirtualizedList extends StateSafePureComponent<Props, State> {
     props: Props,
   ): {first: number, last: number} {
     const itemCount = props.getItemCount(props.data);
-    const last = Math.min(itemCount - 1, cells.last);
+    const lastPossibleCellIndex = itemCount - 1;
 
+    // Constraining `last` may significantly shrink the window. Adjust `first`
+    // to expand the window if the new `last` results in a new window smaller
+    // than the number of cells rendered per batch.
     const maxToRenderPerBatch = maxToRenderPerBatchOrDefault(
       props.maxToRenderPerBatch,
     );
+    const maxFirst = Math.max(0, lastPossibleCellIndex - maxToRenderPerBatch);
 
     return {
-      first: clamp(0, itemCount - 1 - maxToRenderPerBatch, cells.first),
-      last,
+      first: clamp(0, cells.first, maxFirst),
+      last: Math.min(lastPossibleCellIndex, cells.last),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedList-test.js b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedList-test.js
index c030e8a2d7e690..774a2473556bc1 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedList-test.js
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedList-test.js
@@ -2224,6 +2224,53 @@ it('handles maintainVisibleContentPosition', () => {
   expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
+it('handles maintainVisibleContentPosition when anchor moves before minIndexForVisible', () => {
+  const items = generateItems(20);
+  const ITEM_HEIGHT = 10;
+
+  // Render a list with `minIndexForVisible: 1`
+  let component;
+  ReactTestRenderer.act(() => {
+    component = ReactTestRenderer.create(
+      <VirtualizedList
+        initialNumToRender={1}
+        windowSize={1}
+        maintainVisibleContentPosition={{minIndexForVisible: 1}}
+        {...baseItemProps(items)}
+        {...fixedHeightItemLayoutProps(ITEM_HEIGHT)}
+      />,
+    );
+  });
+
+  ReactTestRenderer.act(() => {
+    simulateLayout(component, {
+      viewport: {width: 10, height: 50},
+      content: {width: 10, height: items.length * ITEM_HEIGHT},
+    });
+
+    performAllBatches();
+  });
+
+  expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+
+  // Remove the first item to shift the previous anchor to be before
+  // `minIndexForVisible`.
+  const [, ...restItems] = items;
+  ReactTestRenderer.act(() => {
+    component.update(
+      <VirtualizedList
+        initialNumToRender={1}
+        windowSize={1}
+        maintainVisibleContentPosition={{minIndexForVisible: 1}}
+        {...baseItemProps(restItems)}
+        {...fixedHeightItemLayoutProps(ITEM_HEIGHT)}
+      />,
+    );
+  });
+
+  expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
+
 function generateItems(count, startKey = 0) {
   return Array(count)
     .fill()
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
index b877e3da84d999..5e9f7f1adaeb70 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
@@ -3658,6 +3658,273 @@ exports[`handles maintainVisibleContentPosition 3`] = `
 </RCTScrollView>
 `;
 
+exports[`handles maintainVisibleContentPosition when anchor moves before minIndexForVisible 1`] = `
+<RCTScrollView
+  data={
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "key": 0,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 1,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 2,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 3,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 4,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 5,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 6,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 7,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 8,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 9,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 10,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 11,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 12,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 13,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 14,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 15,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 16,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 17,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 18,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 19,
+      },
+    ]
+  }
+  getItem={[Function]}
+  getItemCount={[Function]}
+  getItemLayout={[Function]}
+  initialNumToRender={1}
+  maintainVisibleContentPosition={
+    Object {
+      "minIndexForVisible": 1,
+    }
+  }
+  onContentSizeChange={[Function]}
+  onLayout={[Function]}
+  onMomentumScrollBegin={[Function]}
+  onMomentumScrollEnd={[Function]}
+  onScroll={[Function]}
+  onScrollBeginDrag={[Function]}
+  onScrollEndDrag={[Function]}
+  renderItem={[Function]}
+  scrollEventThrottle={50}
+  stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}
+  windowSize={1}
+>
+  <View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={0}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={1}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={2}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={3}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={4}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      style={
+        Object {
+          "height": 150,
+        }
+      }
+    />
+  </View>
+</RCTScrollView>
+`;
+
+exports[`handles maintainVisibleContentPosition when anchor moves before minIndexForVisible 2`] = `
+<RCTScrollView
+  data={
+    Array [
+      Object {
+        "key": 1,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 2,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 3,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 4,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 5,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 6,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 7,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 8,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 9,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 10,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 11,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 12,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 13,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 14,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 15,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 16,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 17,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 18,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "key": 19,
+      },
+    ]
+  }
+  getItem={[Function]}
+  getItemCount={[Function]}
+  getItemLayout={[Function]}
+  initialNumToRender={1}
+  maintainVisibleContentPosition={
+    Object {
+      "minIndexForVisible": 1,
+    }
+  }
+  onContentSizeChange={[Function]}
+  onLayout={[Function]}
+  onMomentumScrollBegin={[Function]}
+  onMomentumScrollEnd={[Function]}
+  onScroll={[Function]}
+  onScrollBeginDrag={[Function]}
+  onScrollEndDrag={[Function]}
+  renderItem={[Function]}
+  scrollEventThrottle={50}
+  stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}
+  windowSize={1}
+>
+  <View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={1}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={2}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={3}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={4}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      style={
+        Object {
+          "height": 150,
+        }
+      }
+    />
+  </View>
+</RCTScrollView>
+`;
+
 exports[`initially renders nothing when initialNumToRender is 0 1`] = `
 <RCTScrollView
   data={