diff --git a/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/export/exportmusicxml.cpp b/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/export/exportmusicxml.cpp
index e64b3b9b4ce1a..6eb86fe3a0265 100644
--- a/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/export/exportmusicxml.cpp
+++ b/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/export/exportmusicxml.cpp
@@ -8929,7 +8929,7 @@ static void writeMusicXml(const FretDiagram* item, XmlWriter& xml)
         for (int j : bStarts) {
             xml.startElement("frame-note");
             xml.tag("string", mxmlString);
-            xml.tag("fret", j);
+            xml.tag("fret", j + item->fretOffset());
             xml.tag("barre", { { "type", "start" } });
             xml.endElement();
         }
@@ -8937,7 +8937,7 @@ static void writeMusicXml(const FretDiagram* item, XmlWriter& xml)
         for (int j : bEnds) {
             xml.startElement("frame-note");
             xml.tag("string", mxmlString);
-            xml.tag("fret", j);
+            xml.tag("fret", j + item->fretOffset());
             xml.tag("barre", { { "type", "stop" } });
             xml.endElement();
         }