diff --git a/bodo/pandas/frame.py b/bodo/pandas/frame.py
index f0f4723e99..85c8fa70cd 100644
--- a/bodo/pandas/frame.py
+++ b/bodo/pandas/frame.py
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ def head(self, n: int = 5):
                 assert self._head_df is not None
                 return self._head_df.head(0).copy()
 
+        # Negative n like -1 is equivalent to df.iloc[:-1]
+        if n < 0:
+            n = max(0, len(self) + n)
+
         if (self._head_df is None) or (n > self._head_df.shape[0]):
             if bodo.dataframe_library_enabled and isinstance(
                 self._mgr, LazyMetadataMixin
diff --git a/bodo/pandas/series.py b/bodo/pandas/series.py
index c4025ecd2f..3d6be2dbb8 100644
--- a/bodo/pandas/series.py
+++ b/bodo/pandas/series.py
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ def head(self, n: int = 5):
         if n < 0:
             # Convert the negative number of the number not to include to a positive number so the rest of the
             # code can run normally.  Unfortunately, this will likely require a plan execution here.
-            n = self.shape[0] + n
+            n = max(0, len(self) + n)
 
         if n == 0 and self._head_s is not None:
             if self._exec_state == ExecState.COLLECTED: