diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012Templates.java b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012Templates.java
index 9b132c032..24ae4c68b 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012Templates.java
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012Templates.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ public class SQLServer2012Templates extends SQLServerTemplates {
     
     private String limitOffsetTemplate = "\noffset {1} rows fetch next {0} rows only";
 
-    private String limitTemplate = "\nfetch first {0} rows only";
-
     private String offsetTemplate = "\noffset {0} rows";
     
     public static Builder builder() {
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ public class SQLServer2012Templates extends SQLServerTemplates {
         if (mod.getLimit() == null) {
             context.handle(offsetTemplate, mod.getOffset());
         } else if (mod.getOffset() == null) {
-            context.handle(limitTemplate, mod.getLimit());
+            context.handle(limitOffsetTemplate, mod.getLimit(), 0);
         } else {
             context.handle(limitOffsetTemplate, mod.getLimit(), mod.getOffset());
         }
diff --git a/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012TemplatesTest.java b/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012TemplatesTest.java
index 7df247e0c..249ab311e 100644
--- a/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012TemplatesTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-sql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/sql/SQLServer2012TemplatesTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class SQLServer2012TemplatesTest extends AbstractSQLTemplatesTest{
     public void Limit() {
         query.from(survey1).limit(5);
         query.getMetadata().addProjection(survey1.id);        
-        assertEquals("select survey1.ID from SURVEY survey1 fetch first ? rows only", query.toString());
+        assertEquals("select survey1.ID from SURVEY survey1 offset ? rows fetch next ? rows only", query.toString());
     }
     
     @Test