diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
index c55d94c..44ea80a 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@ fediChordVserverLeave ns = do
         successorLeave <- liftIO $ sendUntilSuccess 0
         -- trigger service data transfer for abandoned key space
         migrateToNode <- liftEither successorLeave
+        let lowerKeyBound = maybe (getNid ns) getNid $ headMay (predecessors ns)
         ownService <- nodeService <$> (liftIO . readTVarIO $ parentRealNode ns)
-        migrationResult <- liftIO $ migrateData ownService (getNid ns) (getNid migrateToNode) (getDomain migrateToNode, fromIntegral $ getServicePort migrateToNode)
+        -- previously held data is the one between the immediate predecessor and
+        -- the own ID
+        migrationResult <- liftIO $ migrateData ownService lowerKeyBound (getNid ns) (getDomain migrateToNode, fromIntegral $ getServicePort migrateToNode)
         liftEither migrationResult