diff --git a/Src/params.c b/Src/params.c
index 5fab84a..1e0bece 100644
--- a/Src/params.c
+++ b/Src/params.c
@@ -2290,14 +2290,24 @@ getarrvalue(Value v)
 	v->start += arrlen(s);
     if (v->end < 0)
 	v->end += arrlen(s) + 1;
-    if (arrlen_lt(s, v->start) || v->start < 0)
+
+    /* Null if 1) array too short, 2) index still negative */
+    if (arrlen_lt(s, v->start) || v->start < 0) {
 	s = arrdup(nular);
-    else
-	s = arrdup(s + v->start);
-    if (v->end <= v->start)
-	s[0] = NULL;
-    else if (arrlen_ge(s, v->end - v->start))
-	s[v->end - v->start] = NULL;
+    } else if (v->end <= v->start) {
+        s = arrdup_max(s, 1);
+        s[0] = NULL;
+    } else {
+        /* Here copying not till the end of the source array is handled
+         * -- arrdup_max will copy at most v->end - v->start elements,
+         * starting from v->start element. Original code said:
+	 *  s[v->end - v->start] = NULL
+         * which means that there are exactly the same number of
+         * elements as the value of the above *0-based* index.
+         * */
+	s = arrdup_max(s + v->start, v->end - v->start);
+    }
+
     return s;
 }
 
diff --git a/Src/utils.c b/Src/utils.c
index 733f570..e4351ad 100644
--- a/Src/utils.c
+++ b/Src/utils.c
@@ -4231,6 +4231,37 @@ arrdup(char **s)
 
 /**/
 mod_export char **
+arrdup_max(char **s, unsigned max)
+{
+    char **x, **y, **s_bkp, *bkp;
+    int len;
+
+    len = arrlen(s);
+
+    /* Limit has sense only if not equal to len */
+    if (max < len) {
+        s_bkp = s;
+
+        /* Num. of elements == max, sentinel *index* is the same */
+        bkp = s[max];
+        s[max] = NULL;
+    } else {
+        max = len;
+    }
+
+    y = x = (char **) zhalloc(sizeof(char *) * (max + 1));
+
+    while ((*x++ = dupstring(*s++)));
+
+    if (max < len) {
+        s_bkp[max] = bkp;
+    }
+
+    return y;
+}
+
+/**/
+mod_export char **
 zarrdup(char **s)
 {
     char **x, **y;