diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index c4c74ade..1e38a0ba 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ video tutorials.
  - Jonas Ådahl
  - Lasse Öörni
  - Leonard König
+ - Liam Malone
  - All the unmentioned and anonymous contributors in the GLFW community, for bug
    reports, patches, feedback, testing and encouragement
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efd1383f..8fd88661 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
 
 ## Changelog since 3.3.10
 
+ - Bugfix: Linux joystick handling would crash with some keyboards, indexing the 
+   associated KeyMap with a value less than 0
  - Added `GLFW_PLATFORM` init hint for runtime platform selection (#1958)
  - Added `GLFW_ANY_PLATFORM`, `GLFW_PLATFORM_WIN32`, `GLFW_PLATFORM_COCOA`,
    `GLFW_PLATFORM_WAYLAND`, `GLFW_PLATFORM_X11` and `GLFW_PLATFORM_NULL` symbols to
diff --git a/src/linux_joystick.c b/src/linux_joystick.c
index 07d41d37..3ae9f403 100644
--- a/src/linux_joystick.c
+++ b/src/linux_joystick.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 //
 static void handleKeyEvent(_GLFWjoystick* js, int code, int value)
 {
-    _glfwInputJoystickButton(js,
+    if (code - BTN_MISC >= 0) _glfwInputJoystickButton(js,
                              js->linjs.keyMap[code - BTN_MISC],
                              value ? GLFW_PRESS : GLFW_RELEASE);
 }