diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
index da67248f12..9a693aabf5 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ export const updateLinkInterpolate = function (positions, interp) {
  */
 export const updateLink = function (positions, style) {
   positions.forEach(function (pos) {
+    if (pos >= edges.length) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `The index ${pos} for linkStyle is out of bounds. Valid indices for linkStyle are between 0 and ${
+          edges.length - 1
+        }. (Help: Ensure that the index is within the range of existing edges.)`
+      );
+    }
     if (pos === 'default') {
       edges.defaultStyle = style;
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow-style.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow-style.spec.js
index 1ab7543085..5b0f740bd9 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow-style.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow-style.spec.js
@@ -286,6 +286,30 @@ describe('[Style] when parsing', () => {
     expect(edges[0].type).toBe('arrow_point');
   });
 
+  it('should handle style definitions within number of edges', function () {
+    expect(() =>
+      flow.parser
+        .parse(
+          `graph TD
+    A-->B
+    linkStyle 1 stroke-width:1px;`
+        )
+        .toThrow(
+          'The index 1 for linkStyle is out of bounds. Valid indices for linkStyle are between 0 and 0. (Help: Ensure that the index is within the range of existing edges.)'
+        )
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should handle style definitions within number of edges', function () {
+    const res = flow.parser.parse(`graph TD
+    A-->B
+    linkStyle 0 stroke-width:1px;`);
+
+    const edges = flow.parser.yy.getEdges();
+
+    expect(edges[0].style[0]).toBe('stroke-width:1px');
+  });
+
   it('should handle multi-numbered style definitions with more then 1 digit in a row', function () {
     const res = flow.parser.parse(
       'graph TD\n' +