diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
index dc80fd12..ae02fb98 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import pikepdf
 from pikepdf import Object, Pdf, PdfMatrix
 
 from ocrmypdf._concurrent import exec_progress_pool
-from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError
+from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError, InputFileError
 from ocrmypdf.helpers import Resolution, available_cpu_count, pikepdf_enable_mmap
 from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo.layout import get_page_analysis, get_text_boxes
 
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ def _pdf_pageinfo_concurrent(
 
     def update_pageinfo(result, pbar):
         page = result
+        if not page:
+            raise InputFileError("Could read a page in the PDF")
         pages[page.pageno] = page
         pbar.update()
 
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/layout.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/layout.py
index 36b15d5d..4159a1cb 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/layout.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/layout.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from pdfminer.pdffont import PDFSimpleFont, PDFUnicodeNotDefined
 from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
 from pdfminer.utils import bbox2str, matrix2str
 
-from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError
+from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError, InputFileError
 
 STRIP_NAME = re.compile(r'[0-9]+')
 
@@ -236,8 +236,13 @@ def get_page_analysis(infile, pageno, pscript5_mode):
 
     try:
         with Path(infile).open('rb') as f:
-            page = PDFPage.get_pages(f, pagenos=[pageno], maxpages=0)
-            interp.process_page(next(page))
+            page_iter = PDFPage.get_pages(f, pagenos=[pageno], maxpages=0)
+            page = next(page_iter, None)
+            if page is None:
+                raise InputFileError(
+                    f"pdfminer could not process page {pageno} (counting from 0)."
+                )
+            interp.process_page(page)
     except PDFTextExtractionNotAllowed as e:
         raise EncryptedPdfError() from e
     finally:
diff --git a/tests/test_pdfinfo.py b/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
index 16ec12fd..4e6e53ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ from PIL import Image
 from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
 
 from ocrmypdf import pdfinfo
+from ocrmypdf.exceptions import InputFileError
 from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo import Colorspace, Encoding
+from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo.layout import PDFPage
+
+run_ocrmypdf_api = pytest.helpers.run_ocrmypdf_api
 
 # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
@@ -179,3 +183,18 @@ def test_stack_abuse():
     with pytest.warns(None):
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
             pdfinfo.info._interpret_contents(stream)
+
+
+def test_pages_issue700(monkeypatch, resources):
+    def get_no_pages(*args, **kwargs):
+        return iter([])
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(PDFPage, 'get_pages', get_no_pages)
+
+    with pytest.raises(InputFileError, match="pdfminer"):
+        pdfinfo.PdfInfo(
+            resources / 'cardinal.pdf',
+            detailed_analysis=True,
+            progbar=False,
+            max_workers=1,
+        )