diff --git a/Lib/test/test_deque.py b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_deque.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@
                     else:
                         self.assertEqual(d.index(element, start, stop), target)
 
+    def test_insert_bug_24913(self):
+        d = deque('A' * 3)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            i = d.index("Hello world", 0, 4)
+
     def test_insert(self):
         # Test to make sure insert behaves like lists
         elements = 'ABCDEFGHI'
diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -924,6 +924,8 @@
         if (stop < 0)
             stop = 0;
     }
+    if (stop > Py_SIZE(deque))
+        stop = Py_SIZE(deque);
 
     for (i=0 ; i<stop ; i++) {
         if (i >= start) {