diff --git a/python/pagerank/pagerank_wrapper.pyx b/python/pagerank/pagerank_wrapper.pyx
index 11ca64a4aaa..7aefa127827 100644
--- a/python/pagerank/pagerank_wrapper.pyx
+++ b/python/pagerank/pagerank_wrapper.pyx
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ cpdef pagerank(G,alpha=0.85, max_iter=100, tol=1.0e-5):
     
     cdef gdf_graph* g = <gdf_graph*>graph
     size = g.transposedAdjList.offsets.size
-    pagerank = cudf.Series(np.zeros(g.transposedAdjList.offsets.size,dtype=np.float64))
+    pagerank = cudf.Series(np.zeros(g.transposedAdjList.offsets.size-1,dtype=np.float64))
     cdef uintptr_t pagerank_ptr = create_column(pagerank)    
 
     gdf_pagerank(<gdf_graph*>graph, <gdf_column*>pagerank_ptr, <float> alpha, <float> tol, <int> max_iter, <bool> 0)