diff --git a/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py b/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
index d2b4fb9169a862dbb102807a06abba44036bb546..559c0d974f5563edbafef459870cbbb5b504ddac 100644
--- a/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
+++ b/fsl/data/imagewrapper.py
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ def expectedShape(sliceobj, shape):
         if start is None: start = 0
         if stop  is None: stop  = shape[i]
 
+        stop = min(stop, shape[i])
+
         expShape.append(stop - start)
 
     return len(expShape), expShape