diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactory.java
index 778c4c858..f585a97d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactory.java
@@ -268,13 +268,24 @@ abstract class QueryParameterSetterFactory {
 		@Override
 		public QueryParameterSetter create(ParameterBinding binding, DeclaredQuery declaredQuery) {
 
-			ParameterMetadata<?> metadata = expressions.get(binding.getRequiredPosition() - 1);
+			int parameterIndex = binding.getRequiredPosition() - 1;
+
+			Assert.isTrue( //
+					parameterIndex < expressions.size(), //
+					() -> String.format( //
+							"At least %s parameter(s) provided but only %s parameter(s) present in query.", //
+							binding.getRequiredPosition(), //
+							expressions.size() //
+					) //
+			);
+
+			ParameterMetadata<?> metadata = expressions.get(parameterIndex);
 
 			if (metadata.isIsNullParameter()) {
 				return QueryParameterSetter.NOOP;
 			}
 
-			JpaParameter parameter = parameters.getBindableParameter(binding.getRequiredPosition() - 1);
+			JpaParameter parameter = parameters.getBindableParameter(parameterIndex);
 			TemporalType temporalType = parameter.isTemporalParameter() ? parameter.getRequiredTemporalType() : null;
 
 			return new NamedOrIndexedQueryParameterSetter(values -> getAndPrepare(parameter, metadata, values),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactoryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactoryUnitTests.java
index 527ba04f5..e40b785cf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactoryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryParameterSetterFactoryUnitTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
@@ -61,4 +63,20 @@ public class QueryParameterSetterFactoryUnitTests {
 				.withMessageContaining("@Param") //
 				.withMessageContaining("-parameters");
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATAJPA-1281
+	public void exceptionWhenQueryContainsInsufficientAmountOfParameters() {
+
+		// no parameter present in the criteria query
+		List<ParameterMetadataProvider.ParameterMetadata<?>> metadata = Collections.emptyList();
+		QueryParameterSetterFactory setterFactory = QueryParameterSetterFactory.forCriteriaQuery(parameters, metadata);
+
+		// one argument present in the method signature
+		when(binding.getRequiredPosition()).thenReturn(1);
+
+		Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class) //
+				.isThrownBy(() -> setterFactory.create(binding, DeclaredQuery.of("QueryStringWith :NamedParameter"))) //
+				.withMessage("At least 1 parameter(s) provided but only 0 parameter(s) present in query.");
+
+	}
 }