diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigResdataGridConverter.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigResdataGridConverter.cpp
index 0689cd238d..6664f9a5b3 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigResdataGridConverter.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigResdataGridConverter.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ bool RigResdataGridConverter::exportGrid( const QString&         resultFileName,
     const RigMainGrid* mainGrid = eclipseCase->mainGrid();
     cvf::Vec3st        resolvedMax =
         max.isUndefined() ? cvf::Vec3st( mainGrid->cellCountI() - 1, mainGrid->cellCountJ() - 1, mainGrid->cellCountK() - 1 ) : max;
+
+    // An inverted box, e.g. the visible cell range of a view without visible cells, underflows the sector size
+    if ( resolvedMax.x() < min.x() || resolvedMax.y() < min.y() || resolvedMax.z() < min.z() ) return false;
+
     cvf::Vec3st sectorSize( resolvedMax.x() - min.x() + 1, resolvedMax.y() - min.y() + 1, resolvedMax.z() - min.z() + 1 );
     RigGridExportAdapter gridAdapter( eclipseCase, min, resolvedMax, RigUniformRefinement( refinement, sectorSize ), cellVisibilityOverrideForActnum );
 
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/RigResdataGridConverter-Test.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/RigResdataGridConverter-Test.cpp
index 9eef821e74..1072a0d647 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/RigResdataGridConverter-Test.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/RigResdataGridConverter-Test.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "RigActiveCellInfo.h"
 #include "RigEclipseCaseData.h"
 #include "RigMainGrid.h"
+#include "RigReservoirBuilder.h"
 #include "RimEclipseResultCase.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
@@ -727,3 +728,26 @@ TEST( RigResdataGridConverterTest, CornerPointArrayConversion )
     EXPECT_TRUE( hasNonZeroZcorn ) << "ZCORN array is all zeros";
     EXPECT_TRUE( hasActiveCell ) << "No active cells found";
 }
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// An inverted box (min > max), e.g. the visible cell range of a view with no visible cells,
+/// underflowed the sector size and threw std::length_error when allocating the export arrays
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST( RigResdataGridConverterTest, ExportGridWithInvertedBoxFails )
+{
+    RigReservoirBuilder builder;
+    builder.setIJKCount( cvf::Vec3st( 3, 3, 3 ) );
+    builder.setWorldCoordinates( cvf::Vec3d( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), cvf::Vec3d( 3.0, 3.0, -3.0 ) );
+
+    cvf::ref<RigEclipseCaseData> eclipseCase = new RigEclipseCaseData( nullptr );
+    builder.createGridsAndCells( eclipseCase.p() );
+    eclipseCase->mainGrid()->computeCachedData();
+
+    QTemporaryDir tempDir;
+    ASSERT_TRUE( tempDir.isValid() );
+    QString fileName = tempDir.filePath( "GRID.GRDECL" );
+
+    cvf::Vec3st min( 2, 2, 2 );
+    cvf::Vec3st max( 0, 0, 0 );
+    EXPECT_FALSE( RigResdataGridConverter::exportGrid( fileName, eclipseCase.p(), false, nullptr, min, max, cvf::Vec3st( 1, 1, 1 ) ) );
+}