diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
index 99219783d..a44566269 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
@@ -370,6 +370,18 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
             self.reader.load_and_activate()
         return self.reader.hf_dataset
 
+    @property
+    def absolute_to_relative_idx(self) -> dict[int, int] | None:
+        """Mapping from absolute frame indices to HF dataset row positions.
+
+        Non-None only for episode-filtered datasets where absolute indices
+        (from metadata) differ from row positions in the loaded HF dataset.
+        """
+        reader = self._ensure_reader()
+        if reader.hf_dataset is None:
+            reader.load_and_activate()
+        return reader._absolute_to_relative_idx
+
     # ── Writer-delegated methods ──────────────────────────────────────
 
     def add_frame(self, frame: dict) -> None:
@@ -474,8 +486,6 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
         if reader.hf_dataset is None:
             # One-shot load after finalize()
             reader.load_and_activate()
-        if reader._absolute_to_relative_idx is not None and idx in reader._absolute_to_relative_idx:
-            idx = reader._absolute_to_relative_idx[idx]
         return reader.get_item(idx)
 
     def select_columns(self, column_names: str | list[str]):
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/sampler.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/sampler.py
index af85dff9b..aee6ce46d 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/sampler.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/sampler.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class EpisodeAwareSampler:
         drop_n_last_frames: int = 0,
         shuffle: bool = False,
         seed: int = 0,
+        absolute_to_relative_idx: dict[int, int] | None = None,
     ):
         """
         Args:
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ class EpisodeAwareSampler:
         self.seed = seed
         self._epoch = 0
         self._start_index = 0
+        self._absolute_to_relative = absolute_to_relative_idx
 
     @property
     def indices(self) -> list[int]:
@@ -132,7 +134,10 @@ class EpisodeAwareSampler:
     def _frame_index(self, position: int) -> int:
         episode = int(np.searchsorted(self._cum_lengths, position, side="right"))
         position_in_episode = position - (int(self._cum_lengths[episode - 1]) if episode > 0 else 0)
-        return int(self._starts[episode]) + position_in_episode
+        absolute_idx = int(self._starts[episode]) + position_in_episode
+        if self._absolute_to_relative is not None:
+            return self._absolute_to_relative[absolute_idx]
+        return absolute_idx
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[int]:
         # Advance epoch state eagerly, not on first consumption of the generator.
diff --git a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
index b0ad6a50b..956bcdae2 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ def train(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig, accelerator: "Accelerator | None" = None):
             drop_n_last_frames=getattr(active_cfg, "drop_n_last_frames", 0),
             shuffle=True,
             seed=cfg.seed if cfg.seed is not None else 0,
+            absolute_to_relative_idx=dataset.absolute_to_relative_idx,
         )
         if cfg.resume and step > 0:
             # The resume offset depends on the (num_processes, batch_size) that produced `step`, so