diff --git a/cell.go b/cell.go
index 1a2ef8f029..80853eec94 100644
--- a/cell.go
+++ b/cell.go
@@ -489,13 +489,13 @@ func (f *File) setSharedString(val string) (int, error) {
 	}
 	sst.mu.Lock()
 	defer sst.mu.Unlock()
-	sst.Count++
-	sst.UniqueCount++
 	t := xlsxT{Val: val}
 	val, t.Space = trimCellValue(val, false)
 	sst.SI = append(sst.SI, xlsxSI{T: &t})
+	sst.Count = len(sst.SI)
+	sst.UniqueCount = sst.Count
 	f.sharedStringsMap[val] = sst.UniqueCount - 1
-	return len(sst.SI) - 1, nil
+	return sst.UniqueCount - 1, nil
 }
 
 // trimCellValue provides a function to set string type to cell.
diff --git a/cell_test.go b/cell_test.go
index c41bf58410..c3a622ede8 100644
--- a/cell_test.go
+++ b/cell_test.go
@@ -260,6 +260,23 @@ func TestSetCellValue(t *testing.T) {
 	f.WorkBook = nil
 	f.Pkg.Store(defaultXMLPathWorkbook, MacintoshCyrillicCharset)
 	assert.EqualError(t, f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", "A1", time.Now().UTC()), "XML syntax error on line 1: invalid UTF-8")
+	// Test set cell value with the shared string table's count not equal with unique count
+	f = NewFile()
+	f.SharedStrings = nil
+	f.Pkg.Store(defaultXMLPathSharedStrings, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`<sst xmlns="%s" count="2" uniqueCount="1"><si><t>a</t></si><si><t>a</t></si></sst>`, NameSpaceSpreadSheet.Value)))
+	f.Sheet.Store("xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml", &xlsxWorksheet{
+		SheetData: xlsxSheetData{Row: []xlsxRow{
+			{R: intPtr(1), C: []xlsxC{{R: "A1", T: "str", V: "1"}}},
+		}},
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", "A1", "b"))
+	val, err := f.GetCellValue("Sheet1", "A1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "b", val)
+	assert.NoError(t, f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", "B1", "b"))
+	val, err = f.GetCellValue("Sheet1", "B1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "b", val)
 }
 
 func TestSetCellValues(t *testing.T) {