diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index ba85a90af24..a85a70b86db 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -3931,7 +3931,8 @@ def getslice(self, start=0, end=None):
         res = []
         start_page = start // self._pagesize
         end_page = (
-            self._pagecount if end is None else (end // self._pagesize + 1))
+            self._pagecount if end is None
+            else min(self._pagecount, end // self._pagesize + 1))
         skip_elems = start - start_page * self._pagesize
         only_more = None if end is None else end - start
         for pagenum in range(start_page, end_page):