diff --git a/perceval/backends/core/bugzillarest.py b/perceval/backends/core/bugzillarest.py
index 18e9da0c5..e690cea81 100644
--- a/perceval/backends/core/bugzillarest.py
+++ b/perceval/backends/core/bugzillarest.py
@@ -459,7 +459,24 @@ def call(self, resource, params):
 
         logger.debug("Bugzilla REST client requests: %s params: %s",
                      resource, str(params))
-        r = self.fetch(url, payload=params, headers=headers)
+        try:
+            r = self.fetch(url, payload=params, headers=headers)
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            if e.response is not None and e.response.status_code == 400:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Bugzilla REST returned 400 for resource %s with params %s. "
+                    "This usually indicates an invalid or too-large pagination offset.",
+                    resource, params
+                )
+                raise BackendError(
+                    cause=(
+                        "Bugzilla REST API returned HTTP 400 while paginating. "
+                        "Pagination offsets may be too large or unsupported by the server."
+                    )
+                )
+            raise
+
+
 
         # Check for possible Bugzilla API errors
         result = r.json()
diff --git a/releases/1.4.6.md b/releases/1.4.6.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd49fa56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/1.4.6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Bug fixes
+
+- BugzillaREST now raises a BackendError when the Bugzilla API returns HTTP 400 during pagination, avoiding ambiguity between empty results and request failures.