diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
@@ -1165,14 +1165,18 @@
 
     // Add items on the last page.
     const int beginLastPage = qMax(qMin(endExtendedVisibleRange + 1, count - 1), count - m_maximumVisibleItems);
-    for (int i = beginLastPage; i < count; ++i) {
-        result.append(i);
+    if (beginLastPage < count - 1) {
+        for (int i = beginLastPage; i < count; ++i) {
+            result.append(i);
+        }
     }
 
     // Add items on the first page.
     const int endFirstPage = qMin(qMax(beginExtendedVisibleRange - 1, 0), m_maximumVisibleItems);
-    for (int i = 0; i <= endFirstPage; ++i) {
-        result.append(i);
+    if (beginExtendedVisibleRange > 0) {
+        for (int i = 0; i <= endFirstPage; ++i) {
+            result.append(i);
+        }
     }
 
     // Continue adding items until ResolveAllItemsLimit is reached.