diff --git a/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.js b/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.js
index df4323043..c3fd932be 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.js
@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ export const updateDuration = ({
   if (newValue > 86399000) {
     newValue = 86399000;
   }
+
+  // stopTime must not be equal to 24:00:00, so when the user types 23:59:59 in the startTime field and stopTime field -
+  // set the startTime field to 23:59:58.
+  if (index === 'stopTime' && duration.startTime === 86399000) {
+    const startTime = 86399000 - 1000;
+
+    setUnsavedDuration({
+      startTime: module.durationStringFromValue(startTime),
+      stopTime: module.durationStringFromValue(newValue),
+    });
+    setDuration({
+      ...duration,
+      startTime,
+      stopTime: newValue,
+    });
+
+    return;
+  }
+
   // stopTime must be at least 1 second, if not zero
   if (index === 'stopTime' && newValue > 0 && newValue < 1000) {
     newValue = 1000;
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.test.js b/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.test.js
index 8442005b1..dbdb2b7a9 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.test.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/VideoEditor/components/VideoSettingsModal/components/DurationWidget/hooks.test.js
@@ -248,6 +248,26 @@ describe('Video Settings DurationWidget hooks', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+    describe('if the passed stopTime = startTime', () => {
+      it('sets the startTime value less than stopTime value', () => {
+        testMethod({
+          ...props,
+          duration: { startTime: 86399000, stopTime: 86399000 },
+          unsavedDuration: { startTime: '23:59:59', stopTime: '23:59:59' },
+          index: testStopIndex,
+          inputString: '23:59:59',
+        });
+        expect(props.setUnsavedDuration).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+          startTime: '23:59:58',
+          stopTime: '23:59:59',
+        });
+        expect(props.setDuration).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+          ...props.duration,
+          startTime: 86399000 - 1000,
+          stopTime: 86399000,
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
   describe('onDurationChange', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {