diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObject.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObject.h
index 20b3086138457..a158199e7fab1 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObject.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObject.h
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class ValueObject {
   virtual lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx,
                                               bool can_create = true);
 
-  // this will always create the children if necessary
+  // The method always creates missing children in the path, if necessary.
   lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndexPath(llvm::ArrayRef<size_t> idxs,
                                           size_t *index_of_error = nullptr);
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class ValueObject {
   GetChildAtIndexPath(llvm::ArrayRef<std::pair<size_t, bool>> idxs,
                       size_t *index_of_error = nullptr);
 
-  // this will always create the children if necessary
+  // The method always creates missing children in the path, if necessary.
   lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtNamePath(llvm::ArrayRef<llvm::StringRef> names);
 
   virtual lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildMemberWithName(llvm::StringRef name,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/ValueObject.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/ValueObject.cpp
index a7f7ee64282d8..b13bffa0ca809 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/ValueObject.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/ValueObject.cpp
@@ -398,13 +398,16 @@ ValueObject::GetChildAtIndexPath(llvm::ArrayRef<size_t> idxs,
   if (idxs.size() == 0)
     return GetSP();
   ValueObjectSP root(GetSP());
+
+  size_t current_index = 0;
   for (size_t idx : idxs) {
     root = root->GetChildAtIndex(idx);
     if (!root) {
       if (index_of_error)
-        *index_of_error = idx;
+        *index_of_error = current_index;
       return root;
     }
+    current_index += 1;
   }
   return root;
 }
@@ -414,13 +417,17 @@ lldb::ValueObjectSP ValueObject::GetChildAtIndexPath(
   if (idxs.size() == 0)
     return GetSP();
   ValueObjectSP root(GetSP());
+
+  size_t current_index = 0;
   for (std::pair<size_t, bool> idx : idxs) {
     root = root->GetChildAtIndex(idx.first, idx.second);
     if (!root) {
       if (index_of_error)
-        *index_of_error = idx.first;
+        *index_of_error = current_index;
       return root;
     }
+
+    current_index += 1;
   }
   return root;
 }