diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
index 827f51a7d9f..799056e995a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
@@ -2257,10 +2257,12 @@ Qt::Alignment QStyle::visualAlignment(Qt::LayoutDirection direction, Qt::Alignme
 
 int QStyle::sliderPositionFromValue(int min, int max, int logicalValue, int span, bool upsideDown)
 {
-    if (span <= 0 || logicalValue < min || max <= min)
+    if (span <= 0 || max <= min)
         return 0;
+    if (logicalValue < min)
+        return upsideDown ? span : 0;
     if (logicalValue > max)
-        return upsideDown ? span : min;
+        return upsideDown ? 0 : span;
 
     const uint range = qint64(max) - min;
     const uint p = upsideDown ? qint64(max) - logicalValue : qint64(logicalValue) - min;
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
index 943fc89f1c3..40d9c4c5610 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
@@ -680,14 +680,17 @@ void tst_QStyle::sliderPositionFromValue_data()
     QTest::addRow("no span inverse") << 12 << 56 << 34 << 0 << true << 0;
 
     QTest::addRow("value too small") << 34 << 56 << 12 << 2000 << false << 0;
+    QTest::addRow("value too small inverse") << 34 << 56 << 12 << 2000 << true << 2000;
 
     QTest::addRow("no-range") << 12 << 12 << 12 << 2000 << false << 0;
     QTest::addRow("no-range-inverse") << 12 << 12 << 12 << 2000 << true << 0;
 
     QTest::addRow("close-to-max") << 12 << 34 << 33 << 2000 << false << 1909;
     QTest::addRow("at-max") << 12 << 34 << 34 << 2000 << false << 2000;
+    QTest::addRow("value too large") << 12 << 34 << 35 << 2000 << false << 2000;
     QTest::addRow("close-to-max-inverse") << 12 << 34 << 33 << 2000 << true << 91;
     QTest::addRow("at-max-inverse") << 12 << 34 << 34 << 2000 << true << 0;
+    QTest::addRow("value too large-inverse") << 12 << 34 << 35 << 2000 << true << 0;
 
     QTest::addRow("big-range") << 100000 << 700000 << 250000 << 2000 << false << 500;
     QTest::addRow("big-range-inverse") << 100000 << 700000 << 250000 << 2000 << true << 1500;