diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.filler/filler.drawing.js b/src/plugins/plugin.filler/filler.drawing.js
index 0a718355da8..e3f7cbb3cf7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.filler/filler.drawing.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.filler/filler.drawing.js
@@ -12,12 +12,31 @@ export function _drawfill(ctx, source, area) {
   const meta = chart.getDatasetMeta(index);
   const clip = getDatasetClipArea(chart, meta);
   if (target && line.points.length) {
-    clipArea(ctx, area);
+    clipArea(ctx, clipToIndexBounds(area, meta.iScale));
     doFill(ctx, {line, target, above, below, area, scale, axis, clip});
     unclipArea(ctx);
   }
 }
 
+// The line's stroke is limited to the index scale's min/max pixel bounds
+// (see LineController#update -> _getStartAndCountOfVisiblePoints). Clip the
+// fill to the same bounds so it doesn't extend past the stroke when
+// `offset: true` insets tick pixels from the chart area edges.
+function clipToIndexBounds(area, iScale) {
+  // Radial scales (e.g. radar charts) aren't cartesian: min/max pixels
+  // don't correspond to a left/right or top/bottom bound.
+  if (!iScale || iScale.getPointPositionForValue) {
+    return area;
+  }
+  const p1 = iScale.getPixelForValue(iScale.min);
+  const p2 = iScale.getPixelForValue(iScale.max);
+  const lo = Math.min(p1, p2);
+  const hi = Math.max(p1, p2);
+  return iScale.isHorizontal()
+    ? {...area, left: Math.max(area.left, lo), right: Math.min(area.right, hi)}
+    : {...area, top: Math.max(area.top, lo), bottom: Math.min(area.bottom, hi)};
+}
+
 function doFill(ctx, cfg) {
   const {line, target, above, below, area, scale, clip} = cfg;
   const property = line._loop ? 'angle' : cfg.axis;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/plugin.filler/line/offset-scale-minmax.js b/test/fixtures/plugin.filler/line/offset-scale-minmax.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9dce8836791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/plugin.filler/line/offset-scale-minmax.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module.exports = {
+  description: 'https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/issues/12280',
+  config: {
+    type: 'line',
+    data: {
+      labels: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'],
+      datasets: [{
+        data: [10, 25, 15, 40, 30, 45],
+        fill: true,
+        backgroundColor: 'red',
+        borderColor: 'blue'
+      }]
+    },
+    options: {
+      plugins: {
+        legend: false,
+        title: false,
+        tooltip: false
+      },
+      elements: {
+        point: {
+          radius: 0
+        }
+      },
+      scales: {
+        x: {
+          display: false,
+          offset: true,
+          min: 'a',
+          max: 'd'
+        },
+        y: {
+          display: false
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+};
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