diff --git a/app/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service.rb b/app/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service.rb
index 16ce5c187..8fafe28e9 100644
--- a/app/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service.rb
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ module Exports
                                 retrieve_lettings_logs(start_time, recent_export, full_update).filter_by_year(collection)
                                       .where("created_at > ?", last_processed_marker)
                                       .order(:created_at)
-                                      .limit(MAX_XML_RECORDS)
+                                      .limit(MAX_XML_RECORDS).to_a
                               else
                                 retrieve_lettings_logs(start_time, recent_export, full_update).filter_by_year(collection)
                                 .order(:created_at)
-                                .limit(MAX_XML_RECORDS)
+                                .limit(MAX_XML_RECORDS).to_a
                               end
 
         break if lettings_logs_slice.empty?
diff --git a/spec/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service_spec.rb
index 5402c19db..3913547e8 100644
--- a/spec/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/exports/lettings_log_export_service_spec.rb
@@ -292,6 +292,44 @@ RSpec.describe Exports::LettingsLogExportService do
         end
       end
 
+      context "and underlying data changes between getting the logs and writting the manifest" do
+        before do
+          FactoryBot.create(:lettings_log, startdate: Time.zone.local(2022, 2, 1))
+          FactoryBot.create(:lettings_log, startdate: Time.zone.local(2022, 4, 1))
+        end
+
+        def remove_logs(logs)
+          logs.each(&:destroy)
+          file = Tempfile.new
+          doc = Nokogiri::XML("<forms/>")
+          doc.write_xml_to(file, encoding: "UTF-8")
+          file.rewind
+          file
+        end
+
+        def create_fake_maifest
+          file = Tempfile.new
+          doc = Nokogiri::XML("<forms/>")
+          doc.write_xml_to(file, encoding: "UTF-8")
+          file.rewind
+          file
+        end
+
+        it "maintains the same record number" do
+          # rubocop:disable RSpec/SubjectStub
+          allow(export_service).to receive(:build_export_xml) do |logs|
+            remove_logs(logs)
+          end
+          allow(export_service).to receive(:build_manifest_xml) do
+            create_fake_maifest
+          end
+
+          expect(export_service).to receive(:build_manifest_xml).with(1)
+          # rubocop:enable RSpec/SubjectStub
+          export_service.export_xml_lettings_logs
+        end
+      end
+
       context "when this is a second export (partial)" do
         before do
           start_time = Time.zone.local(2022, 6, 1)