diff --git a/apps/shared/cartesian_function.cpp b/apps/shared/cartesian_function.cpp
index 343d0d5e7..ce3aa5a7a 100644
--- a/apps/shared/cartesian_function.cpp
+++ b/apps/shared/cartesian_function.cpp
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ int CartesianFunction::printValue(double cursorT, double cursorX, double cursorY
 }
 
 double CartesianFunction::approximateDerivative(double x, Poincare::Context * context) const {
+  if (x < tMin() || x > tMax()) {
+    return NAN;
+  }
   Poincare::Derivative derivative = Poincare::Derivative::Builder(expressionReduced(context).clone(), Symbol::Builder(UCodePointUnknownX), Poincare::Float<double>::Builder(x)); // derivative takes ownership of Poincare::Float<double>::Builder(x) and the clone of expression
   /* TODO: when we approximate derivative, we might want to simplify the
    * derivative here. However, we might want to do it once for all x (to avoid