diff --git a/backend/src/api/chain-tips.ts b/backend/src/api/chain-tips.ts
index 1bd3ed636..95c6cd47c 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/chain-tips.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/chain-tips.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ChainTips {
                 orphan = {
                   height: block.height,
                   hash: block.id,
-                  branchlen: chain.branchlen - 1,
+                  branchlen: chain.branchlen,
                   status: chain.status,
                   prevhash: block.previousblockhash,
                 };
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class ChainTips {
       tips.push({
         height: staleTip.height,
         hash: staleTip.hash,
-        branchlen: staleTip.branchlen - 1,
+        branchlen: staleTip.branchlen,
         status: staleTip.status,
         stale,
         canonical,
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/stale-list/stale-list.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/stale-list/stale-list.component.html
index 39b4be940..d5ee7e9bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/stale-list/stale-list.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/stale-list/stale-list.component.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
               <span *ngSwitchCase="'invalid'" class="badge bg-info" i18n="chain-tips.invalid">Invalid</span>
               <span *ngSwitchDefault>{{ chainTip.status }}</span>
             </span>
-            <span class="badge bg-secondary depth-badge" i18n="chain-tips.depth">Depth {{ chainTip.branchlen + 1 }}</span>
+            <span class="badge bg-secondary depth-badge" i18n="chain-tips.depth">Depth {{ chainTip.branchlen }}</span>
           </span>
         </p>
         <div class="stale-tip-wrapper">