diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 68dcc181a..2be3cfadd 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -2975,21 +2975,19 @@
       var index = -1,
           length = array ? array.length : 0;
 
-      if (typeof start == 'undefined') {
-        start = 0;
-      } else if (start < 0) {
+      start |= 0;
+      if (start < 0) {
         start = nativeMax(length + start, 0);
       } else if (start > length) {
         start = length;
       }
-      if (typeof end == 'undefined') {
-        end = length;
-      } else if (end < 0) {
+      end = typeof end == 'undefined' ? length : (end | 0);
+      if (end < 0) {
         end = nativeMax(length + end, 0);
       } else if (end > length) {
         end = length;
       }
-      length = (length = (end - start) | 0) < 0 ? 0 : length;
+      length = start > end ? 0 : (end - start);
 
       var result = Array(length);
       while (++index < length) {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 2b480913b..a442e67bb 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -6602,8 +6602,6 @@
   QUnit.module('lodash.range');
 
   (function() {
-    var func = _.range;
-
     test('should work when passing a single `end` argument', 1, function() {
       deepEqual(_.range(4), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
     });
@@ -6640,8 +6638,8 @@
       });
     });
 
-    test('should coerce arguments to numbers', 1, function() {
-      var actual = [func('0',1), func('1'), func(0, 1, '1'), func(NaN), func(NaN, NaN)];
+    test('should coerce arguments to finite numbers', 1, function() {
+      var actual = [_.range('0', 1), _.range('1'), _.range(0, 1, '1'), _.range(NaN), _.range(NaN, NaN)];
       deepEqual(actual, [[0], [0], [0], [], []]);
     });
   }());
@@ -7411,6 +7409,11 @@
         deepEqual(_.slice(array, 0, end), []);
       });
     });
+
+    test('should coerce `start` and `end` to finite numbers', 1, function() {
+      var actual = [_.slice(array, '0', 1), _.slice(array, 0, '1'), _.slice(array, '1'), _.slice(array, NaN, 1), _.slice(array, 1, NaN)];
+      deepEqual(actual, [[1], [1], [2, 3], [1], []]);
+    });
   }());
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/