diff --git a/src/jv_aux.c b/src/jv_aux.c
index 47a622e4..018f380b 100644
--- a/src/jv_aux.c
+++ b/src/jv_aux.c
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ static jv jv_dels(jv t, jv keys) {
     jv starts = jv_array(), ends = jv_array();
     jv_array_foreach(keys, i, key) {
       if (jv_get_kind(key) == JV_KIND_NUMBER) {
-        if (jv_number_value(key) < 0) {
+        if (jvp_number_is_nan(key)) {
+          jv_free(key);
+        } else if (jv_number_value(key) < 0) {
           neg_keys = jv_array_append(neg_keys, key);
         } else {
           nonneg_keys = jv_array_append(nonneg_keys, key);
@@ -439,13 +441,14 @@ jv jv_getpath(jv root, jv path) {
 static jv delpaths_sorted(jv object, jv paths, int start) {
   jv delkeys = jv_array();
   for (int i=0; i<jv_array_length(jv_copy(paths));) {
-    int j = i;
     assert(jv_array_length(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), i)) > start);
     int delkey = jv_array_length(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), i)) == start + 1;
     jv key = jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), i), start);
-    while (j < jv_array_length(jv_copy(paths)) &&
-           jv_equal(jv_copy(key), jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), j), start)))
+    int j = i;
+    do
       j++;
+    while (j < jv_array_length(jv_copy(paths)) &&
+           jv_equal(jv_copy(key), jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), j), start)));
     // if i <= entry < j, then entry starts with key
     if (delkey) {
       // deleting this entire key, we don't care about any more specific deletions
diff --git a/tests/jq.test b/tests/jq.test
index 3729cc45..cf7f8b47 100644
--- a/tests/jq.test
+++ b/tests/jq.test
@@ -1176,6 +1176,14 @@ del(.[1], .[-6], .[2], .[-3:9])
 [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
 [0, 3, 5, 6, 9]
 
+del(.[nan])
+[1,2,3]
+[1,2,3]
+
+del(.[nan,nan])
+[1,2,3]
+[1,2,3]
+
 # negative index
 setpath([-1]; 1)
 [0]