diff --git a/src/llama-grammar.cpp b/src/llama-grammar.cpp
index 363644464b..c685346b63 100644
--- a/src/llama-grammar.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-grammar.cpp
@@ -648,10 +648,12 @@ const char * llama_grammar_parser::parse_sequence(
             } else {
                 throw std::runtime_error(std::string("expecting ',' at ") + pos);
             }
-            bool has_max = max_times != UINT64_MAX;
-            if (min_times > MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD || (has_max && max_times > MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD)) {
+            if (min_times > MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD) {
                 throw std::runtime_error(std::string("number of repetitions exceeds sane defaults, please reduce the number of repetitions"));
             }
+            if (max_times != UINT64_MAX && max_times > MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD) {
+                max_times = UINT64_MAX;
+            }
             handle_repetitions(min_times, max_times);
         } else {
             break;
diff --git a/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp b/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
index 6abc43461b..2ddf25bb69 100644
--- a/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,53 @@ int main()
         root ::= "a"{,10}"
     )""");
 
+    verify_failure(R"""(
+        root ::= "a"{5000}
+    )""");
+
+    verify_failure(R"""(
+        root ::= "a"{5000,}
+    )""");
+
+    verify_failure(R"""(
+        root ::= "a"{5000,6000}
+    )""");
+
+    verify_parsing(R"""(
+        root ::= "a"{0,5000}
+    )""", {
+        {"root", 0},
+        {"root_1", 1},
+    }, {
+        // root (index 0)
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, /* root_1 */ 1},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
+        // root_1 (index 1)
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 'a'},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, /* root_1 */ 1},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_ALT, 0},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
+    });
+
+    verify_parsing(R"""(
+        root ::= "a"{3,5000}
+    )""", {
+        {"root", 0},
+        {"root_1", 1},
+    }, {
+        // root (index 0)
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 'a'},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 'a'},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 'a'},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, /* root_1 */ 1},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
+        // root_1 (index 1)
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 'a'},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, /* root_1 */ 1},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_ALT, 0},
+        {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
+    });
+
     verify_parsing(R"""(
         root  ::= "a"
     )""", {