diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/blocks_fetcher.go b/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/blocks_fetcher.go
index 396a95abb4e2..915826801ed7 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/blocks_fetcher.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/blocks_fetcher.go
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func (r *blobRange) Request() *p2ppb.BlobSidecarsByRangeRequest {
 	}
 	return &p2ppb.BlobSidecarsByRangeRequest{
 		StartSlot: r.low,
-		Count:     uint64(r.high.SubSlot(r.low)) + 1,
+		Count:     uint64(r.high.FlooredSubSlot(r.low)) + 1,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus-types/primitives/slot.go b/consensus-types/primitives/slot.go
index 3579f4dd97f1..1f9490f88338 100644
--- a/consensus-types/primitives/slot.go
+++ b/consensus-types/primitives/slot.go
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ func (s Slot) SubSlot(x Slot) Slot {
 	return s.Sub(uint64(x))
 }
 
+// FlooredSubSlot safely subtracts x from the slot, returning 0 if the result would underflow.
+func (s Slot) FlooredSubSlot(x Slot) Slot {
+	if s < x {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return s - x
+}
+
 // SafeSubSlot finds difference between two slot values.
 // In case of arithmetic issues (overflow/underflow/div by zero) error is returned.
 func (s Slot) SafeSubSlot(x Slot) (Slot, error) {