diff --git a/NAM/wavenet/a2_fast.cpp b/NAM/wavenet/a2_fast.cpp
index 67093c88..9b89c735 100644
--- a/NAM/wavenet/a2_fast.cpp
+++ b/NAM/wavenet/a2_fast.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ A2FastModel<Channels>::A2FastModel(std::vector<float> weights, double expected_s
 
   _load_weights(weights);
 
-  int prewarm = 0;
+  // Receptive field = 1 (the sample being produced) + sum of per-layer lookbacks +
+  // (head kernel - 1). The leading 1 matches the generic WaveNet's prewarm count
+  // (model.cpp: mPrewarmSamples starts at 1 when there's no condition DSP), so the
+  // fast path warms up by exactly the same number of samples as the model it replaces.
+  int prewarm = 1;
   for (int i = 0; i < kNumLayers; i++)
     prewarm += _layers[i].max_lookback;
   prewarm += kHeadKernelSize - 1;
diff --git a/tools/run_tests.cpp b/tools/run_tests.cpp
index 61c7ba4a..72839e1e 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests.cpp
+++ b/tools/run_tests.cpp
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ int main()
   test_a2_fast::test_detector_rejects_gating();
   test_a2_fast::test_matches_generic_nano();
   test_a2_fast::test_matches_generic_standard();
+  test_a2_fast::test_prewarm_matches_generic_nano();
+  test_a2_fast::test_prewarm_matches_generic_standard();
   test_a2_fast::test_process_realtime_safe_nano();
   test_a2_fast::test_process_realtime_safe_standard();
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/test/test_a2_fast.cpp b/tools/test/test_a2_fast.cpp
index 7761f7eb..2652cd7e 100644
--- a/tools/test/test_a2_fast.cpp
+++ b/tools/test/test_a2_fast.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,38 @@ void test_matches_generic_standard()
   test_matches_generic(8);
 }
 
+// The fast path must report the same prewarm count as the generic WaveNet it
+// replaces; otherwise Reset() warms the two by a different number of samples and
+// their first post-Reset output can diverge (regression guard for the A2 prewarm
+// off-by-one). Builds both from the identical config via the same dual path as
+// test_matches_generic.
+void test_prewarm_matches_generic(int channels)
+{
+  const auto cfg = build_a2_config(channels);
+  const int weight_count = a2_weight_count(channels);
+  const auto weights = make_deterministic_weights(weight_count, /*seed=*/0xA2FA500u + channels);
+
+  auto fast_cfg = nam::wavenet::a2_fast::create_a2_fast_config(cfg, 48000.0);
+  std::vector<float> w_fast = weights;
+  auto fast_dsp = fast_cfg->create(std::move(w_fast), 48000.0);
+
+  auto generic_cfg = nam::wavenet::parse_config_json(cfg, 48000.0);
+  std::vector<float> w_gen = weights;
+  auto generic_dsp = generic_cfg.create(std::move(w_gen), 48000.0);
+
+  assert(fast_dsp->GetPrewarmSamples() == generic_dsp->GetPrewarmSamples());
+}
+
+void test_prewarm_matches_generic_nano()
+{
+  test_prewarm_matches_generic(3);
+}
+
+void test_prewarm_matches_generic_standard()
+{
+  test_prewarm_matches_generic(8);
+}
+
 // Real-time safety: once the DSP has been Reset (buffers sized, prewarmed),
 // subsequent process() calls must not allocate or free heap memory. Uses the
 // same allocation-tracking infrastructure as the generic WaveNet RT-safety