diff --git a/typo3/sysext/recordlist/Classes/RecordList.php b/typo3/sysext/recordlist/Classes/RecordList.php
index f026fc26fbb3f64cac2b77317962db577be23cda..7b6679e9600c015964b31f5a26a7bd4d35187f3b 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/recordlist/Classes/RecordList.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/recordlist/Classes/RecordList.php
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class RecordList extends AbstractModule
                 }
             }
             // Initialize the listing object, dblist, for rendering the list:
-            $this->pointer = MathUtility::forceIntegerInRange($this->pointer, 0, 100000);
+            $this->pointer = max(0, (int)$this->pointer);
             $dblist->start($this->id, $this->table, $this->pointer, $this->search_field, $this->search_levels, $this->showLimit);
             $dblist->setDispFields();
             // Render versioning selector: