diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index f0df97834..cf70d5937 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -1371,6 +1371,8 @@ static void valueFlowForLoop(TokenList *tokenlist, ErrorLogger *errorLogger, con
         MathLib::bigint num1(0), num2(0), numAfter(0);
 
         if (valueFlowForLoop1(tok, &varid, &num1, &num2, &numAfter)) {
+            if (num1 > num2)
+                continue;
             valueFlowForLoopSimplify(bodyStart, varid, num1, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
             valueFlowForLoopSimplify(bodyStart, varid, num2, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
             valueFlowForLoopSimplifyAfter(tok, varid, numAfter, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index e134a55ed..872f915ff 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -1032,6 +1032,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, testValueOfX(code, 3U, 9));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, testValueOfX(code, 3U, 10));
 
+        code = "void f() {\n"
+               "    for (int x = 2; x < 1; x++)\n"
+               "        a[x] = 0;\n" // <- not 2
+               "    b = x;\n" // <- TODO: this is 2
+               "}";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, testValueOfX(code, 3U, 2));
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(true, false, testValueOfX(code, 4U, 2));
+
         code = "void f(int a) {\n"
                "    for (int x = a; x < 10; x++)\n"
                "        a[x] = 0;\n"