diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index 001da7f4c..69c4458b8 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -626,7 +626,12 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
             self.navigate(top_navigate)
             return
 
-        tab.scroll.delta_page(count * x, count * y)
+        try:
+            tab.scroll.delta_page(count * x, count * y)
+        except OverflowError:
+            raise cmdexc.CommandError(
+                "Numeric argument is too large for internal int "
+                "representation.")
 
     @cmdutils.register(instance='command-dispatcher', scope='window')
     def yank(self, title=False, sel=False, domain=False, pretty=False):