1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index b2ebf3c0e9..793a53f17b 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -1373,13 +1373,16 @@ ary_make_partial_step(VALUE ary, VALUE klass, long offset, long len, long step)
     const VALUE *values = RARRAY_CONST_PTR_TRANSIENT(ary);
     const long orig_len = len;
 
-    if ((step > 0 && step >= len) || (step < 0 && (step < -len))) {
+    if (step > 0 && step >= len) {
         VALUE result = ary_new(klass, 1);
         VALUE *ptr = (VALUE *)ARY_EMBED_PTR(result);
         RB_OBJ_WRITE(result, ptr, values[offset]);
         ARY_SET_EMBED_LEN(result, 1);
         return result;
     }
+    else if (step < 0 && step < -len) {
+        step = -len;
+    }
 
     long ustep = (step < 0) ? -step : step;
     len = (len + ustep - 1) / ustep;