diff --git a/jetstream/ordered.go b/jetstream/ordered.go
index af598f2d5..5fe656e9b 100644
--- a/jetstream/ordered.go
+++ b/jetstream/ordered.go
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ func (c *orderedConsumer) getConsumerConfig() *ConsumerConfig {
 		c.cfg.DeliverPolicy == DeliverAllPolicy {
 
 		cfg.OptStartSeq = 0
+	} else if c.cfg.DeliverPolicy == DeliverByStartTimePolicy {
+		cfg.OptStartSeq = 0
+		cfg.OptStartTime = c.cfg.OptStartTime
 	} else {
 		cfg.OptStartSeq = c.cfg.OptStartSeq
 	}
@@ -638,11 +641,6 @@ func (c *orderedConsumer) getConsumerConfig() *ConsumerConfig {
 	if cfg.DeliverPolicy == DeliverLastPerSubjectPolicy && len(c.cfg.FilterSubjects) == 0 {
 		cfg.FilterSubjects = []string{">"}
 	}
-	if c.cfg.OptStartTime != nil {
-		cfg.OptStartSeq = 0
-		cfg.DeliverPolicy = DeliverByStartTimePolicy
-		cfg.OptStartTime = c.cfg.OptStartTime
-	}
 
 	return cfg
 }
diff --git a/jetstream/test/ordered_test.go b/jetstream/test/ordered_test.go
index a6e524b68..5a6231b2d 100644
--- a/jetstream/test/ordered_test.go
+++ b/jetstream/test/ordered_test.go
@@ -2051,6 +2051,56 @@ func TestOrderedConsumerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				HeadersOnly:       true,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "both start seq and time set, deliver policy start seq",
+			config: jetstream.OrderedConsumerConfig{
+				FilterSubjects:    []string{"foo.a", "foo.b"},
+				DeliverPolicy:     jetstream.DeliverByStartSequencePolicy,
+				OptStartSeq:       10,
+				OptStartTime:      &time.Time{},
+				ReplayPolicy:      jetstream.ReplayOriginalPolicy,
+				InactiveThreshold: 10 * time.Second,
+				HeadersOnly:       true,
+			},
+			expected: jetstream.ConsumerConfig{
+				FilterSubjects:    []string{"foo.a", "foo.b"},
+				OptStartSeq:       10,
+				OptStartTime:      nil,
+				DeliverPolicy:     jetstream.DeliverByStartSequencePolicy,
+				AckPolicy:         jetstream.AckNonePolicy,
+				MaxDeliver:        -1,
+				MaxWaiting:        512,
+				InactiveThreshold: 10 * time.Second,
+				Replicas:          1,
+				MemoryStorage:     true,
+				HeadersOnly:       true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both start seq and time set, deliver policy start time",
+			config: jetstream.OrderedConsumerConfig{
+				FilterSubjects:    []string{"foo.a", "foo.b"},
+				DeliverPolicy:     jetstream.DeliverByStartTimePolicy,
+				OptStartSeq:       10,
+				OptStartTime:      &time.Time{},
+				ReplayPolicy:      jetstream.ReplayOriginalPolicy,
+				InactiveThreshold: 10 * time.Second,
+				HeadersOnly:       true,
+			},
+			expected: jetstream.ConsumerConfig{
+				FilterSubjects:    []string{"foo.a", "foo.b"},
+				OptStartSeq:       0,
+				OptStartTime:      &time.Time{},
+				DeliverPolicy:     jetstream.DeliverByStartTimePolicy,
+				AckPolicy:         jetstream.AckNonePolicy,
+				MaxDeliver:        -1,
+				MaxWaiting:        512,
+				InactiveThreshold: 10 * time.Second,
+				Replicas:          1,
+				MemoryStorage:     true,
+				HeadersOnly:       true,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {