diff --git a/gtk/gtkcolumnview.c b/gtk/gtkcolumnview.c
index f95738bfce..1aa825c229 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcolumnview.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcolumnview.c
@@ -2184,7 +2184,8 @@ gtk_column_view_set_header_factory (GtkColumnView      *self,
 /**
  * gtk_column_view_scroll_to:
  * @self: The columnview to scroll in
- * @pos: position of the item
+ * @pos: position of the item. Must be less than the number of
+ *   items in the view.
  * @column: (nullable) (transfer none): The column to scroll to
  *   or %NULL to not scroll columns.
  * @flags: actions to perform
@@ -2207,6 +2208,7 @@ gtk_column_view_scroll_to (GtkColumnView       *self,
                            GtkScrollInfo       *scroll)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_COLUMN_VIEW (self));
+  g_return_if_fail (pos < gtk_list_base_get_n_items (GTK_LIST_BASE (self)));
   g_return_if_fail (column == NULL || GTK_IS_COLUMN_VIEW_COLUMN (column));
   if (column)
     {
diff --git a/gtk/gtkgridview.c b/gtk/gtkgridview.c
index b2636c915a..0fdebb1822 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkgridview.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkgridview.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,8 @@ gtk_grid_view_get_tab_behavior (GtkGridView *self)
 /**
  * gtk_grid_view_scroll_to:
  * @self: The gridview to scroll in
- * @pos: position of the item
+ * @pos: position of the item. Must be less than the number of
+ *   items in the view.
  * @flags: actions to perform
  * @scroll: (nullable) (transfer full): details of how to perform
  *   the scroll operation or %NULL to scroll into view
@@ -1594,6 +1595,7 @@ gtk_grid_view_scroll_to (GtkGridView        *self,
                          GtkScrollInfo      *scroll)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_GRID_VIEW (self));
+  g_return_if_fail (pos < gtk_list_base_get_n_items (GTK_LIST_BASE (self)));
 
   gtk_list_base_scroll_to (GTK_LIST_BASE (self), pos, flags, scroll);
 }
diff --git a/gtk/gtklistview.c b/gtk/gtklistview.c
index 53e8558dd8..7b1b423b79 100644
--- a/gtk/gtklistview.c
+++ b/gtk/gtklistview.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,8 @@ gtk_list_view_get_tab_behavior (GtkListView *self)
 /**
  * gtk_list_view_scroll_to:
  * @self: The listview to scroll in
- * @pos: position of the item
+ * @pos: position of the item. Must be less than the number of
+ *   items in the view.
  * @flags: actions to perform
  * @scroll: (nullable) (transfer full): details of how to perform
  *   the scroll operation or %NULL to scroll into view 
@@ -1372,6 +1373,7 @@ gtk_list_view_scroll_to (GtkListView        *self,
                          GtkScrollInfo      *scroll)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_LIST_VIEW (self));
+  g_return_if_fail (pos < gtk_list_base_get_n_items (GTK_LIST_BASE (self)));
 
   gtk_list_base_scroll_to (GTK_LIST_BASE (self), pos, flags, scroll);
 }