diff --git a/src/components/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue b/src/components/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
index 1c32302ca..6cfa0f690 100644
--- a/src/components/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
+++ b/src/components/virtualscroller/VirtualScroller.vue
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export default {
                     isHorizontal ? scrollTo(calculateCoord(newFirst, itemSize, contentPadding.left), 0) : scrollTo(0, calculateCoord(newFirst, itemSize, contentPadding.top));
                 }
 
-                this.first = newFirst.index;
+                this.first = newFirst;
             }
         },
         scrollInView(index, to, behavior = 'auto') {