diff --git a/source/src/console.cpp b/source/src/console.cpp
index 07d26240..eed06fcc 100644
--- a/source/src/console.cpp
+++ b/source/src/console.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ struct console : consolebuffer<cline>
     int conskip;
     void setconskip(int n)
     {
-        conskip += n;
-        if(conskip<0) conskip = 0;
+        conskip = clamp(conskip + n, 0, conlines.length());
     }
 
     static const int WORDWRAP = 80;