diff --git a/storage/src/qmdb/sync/gaps.rs b/storage/src/qmdb/sync/gaps.rs
index 6bd9ee6d82e..9a1052b770f 100644
--- a/storage/src/qmdb/sync/gaps.rs
+++ b/storage/src/qmdb/sync/gaps.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn find_next<'a>(
     let mut fetched_ops_iter = fetched_operations
         .iter()
         .map(|(&start_loc, &operation_count)| {
-            let end_loc = start_loc.checked_add(operation_count).unwrap();
+            let end_loc = start_loc.saturating_add(operation_count);
             start_loc..end_loc
         })
         .peekable();
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn find_next<'a>(
     let mut outstanding_reqs_iter = outstanding_requests
         .into_iter()
         .map(|&start_loc| {
-            let end_loc = start_loc.checked_add(fetch_batch_size.get()).unwrap();
+            let end_loc = start_loc.saturating_add(fetch_batch_size.get());
             start_loc..end_loc
         })
         .peekable();