diff --git a/src/game/DBCStores.cpp b/src/game/DBCStores.cpp
index aaf0d37e5..5b3d12ee4 100644
--- a/src/game/DBCStores.cpp
+++ b/src/game/DBCStores.cpp
@@ -869,16 +869,26 @@ MapDifficulty const* GetMapDifficultyData(uint32 mapId, Difficulty difficulty)
 
 PvPDifficultyEntry const* GetBattlegroundBracketByLevel( uint32 mapid, uint32 level )
 {
-    // prevent out-of-range levels for dbc data
-    if (level > DEFAULT_MAX_LEVEL)
-        level = DEFAULT_MAX_LEVEL;
-
+    PvPDifficultyEntry const* maxEntry = NULL;              // used for level > max listed level case
     for(uint32 i = 0; i < sPvPDifficultyStore.GetNumRows(); ++i)
+    {
         if (PvPDifficultyEntry const* entry = sPvPDifficultyStore.LookupEntry(i))
-            if (entry->mapId == mapid && entry->minLevel <= level && entry->maxLevel >= level)
+        {
+            // skip unrelated and too-high brackets
+            if (entry->mapId != mapid || entry->minLevel > level)
+                continue;
+
+            // exactly fit
+            if (entry->maxLevel >= level)
                 return entry;
 
-    return NULL;
+            // remember for possible out-of-range case (search higher from existed)
+            if (!maxEntry || maxEntry->maxLevel < entry->maxLevel)
+                maxEntry = entry;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return maxEntry;
 }
 
 PvPDifficultyEntry const* GetBattlegroundBracketById(uint32 mapid, BattleGroundBracketId id)
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index 228267ada..408087a55 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "10327"
+ #define REVISION_NR "10328"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__