diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPi.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPi.scala
index 9fbb0a800d73..35b8dd6c29b6 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPi.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/SparkPi.scala
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ object SparkPi {
     val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("Spark Pi")
     val spark = new SparkContext(conf)
     val slices = if (args.length > 0) args(0).toInt else 2
-    val n = 100000 * slices
-    val count = spark.parallelize(1 to n, slices).map { i =>
+    val n = math.min(100000L * slices, Int.MaxValue).toInt // avoid overflow
+    val count = spark.parallelize(1 until n, slices).map { i =>
       val x = random * 2 - 1
       val y = random * 2 - 1
       if (x*x + y*y < 1) 1 else 0