diff --git a/ldblib.c b/ldblib.c
index 15593bfb..de6e38b3 100644
--- a/ldblib.c
+++ b/ldblib.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static int db_getinfo (lua_State *L) {
   lua_State *L1 = getthread(L, &arg);
   const char *options = luaL_optstring(L, arg+2, "flnSrtu");
   checkstack(L, L1, 3);
+  luaL_argcheck(L, options[0] != '>', arg + 2, "invalid option '>'");
   if (lua_isfunction(L, arg + 1)) {  /* info about a function? */
     options = lua_pushfstring(L, ">%s", options);  /* add '>' to 'options' */
     lua_pushvalue(L, arg + 1);  /* move function to 'L1' stack */
diff --git a/testes/db.lua b/testes/db.lua
index ce559ad9..d64952d9 100644
--- a/testes/db.lua
+++ b/testes/db.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ end
 
 do
   assert(not pcall(debug.getinfo, print, "X"))   -- invalid option
+  assert(not pcall(debug.getinfo, 0, ">"))   -- invalid option
   assert(not debug.getinfo(1000))   -- out of range level
   assert(not debug.getinfo(-1))     -- out of range level
   local a = debug.getinfo(print)