diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 5275258d6..af0394f2d 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -5181,7 +5181,7 @@ def get_array(val):
 
             # extract page number
             if "0 R" in subval:  # page xref given?
-                templ_dict["page"] = page_xrefs[int(subval.split()[0])]
+                templ_dict["page"] = page_xrefs.get(int(subval.split()[0]),-1)
             else:  # naked page number given
                 templ_dict["page"] = int(subval)
             return templ_dict