diff --git a/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize.go b/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize.go
index af5b17de0cb8..9c8f1d345e4f 100644
--- a/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize.go
+++ b/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import (
 // This works by dividing each segment by a power of 2 to find the
 // smallest power less than or equal to the segmentMaxLength.
 func Segmentize(geography geo.Geography, segmentMaxLength float64) (geo.Geography, error) {
+	if math.IsNaN(segmentMaxLength) || math.IsInf(segmentMaxLength, 1 /* sign */) {
+		return geography, nil
+	}
 	geometry, err := geography.AsGeomT()
 	if err != nil {
 		return geo.Geography{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize_test.go b/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize_test.go
index 0a2f3723eee1..16fc396093f2 100644
--- a/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize_test.go
+++ b/pkg/geo/geogfn/segmentize_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package geogfn
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/geo"
@@ -100,6 +101,26 @@ func TestSegmentize(t *testing.T) {
 			maxSegmentLength: 150000.0,
 			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING Z (0 0 25,0 1 0,0.49878052093921765 2.0003038990352664 25,0.9981696941692514 3.0004561476391296 50,1.4984735304805308 4.000380457593079 75,2 5 100)",
 		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.NaN(),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING M (0 0 0, 1 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.Sqrt(-1),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING M (0 0 0, 1 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING ZM (0 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: -math.NaN(),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.Inf(1),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range segmentizeTestCases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s, maximum segment length: %f", test.wkt, test.maxSegmentLength), func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize.go b/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize.go
index 06560f259c39..057cbdb21fa5 100644
--- a/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize.go
+++ b/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 // between given two-points such that each segment has length less
 // than or equal to given maximum segment length.
 func Segmentize(g geo.Geometry, segmentMaxLength float64) (geo.Geometry, error) {
+	if math.IsNaN(segmentMaxLength) || math.IsInf(segmentMaxLength, 1 /* sign */) {
+		return g, nil
+	}
 	geometry, err := g.AsGeomT()
 	if err != nil {
 		return geo.Geometry{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize_test.go b/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize_test.go
index 649c97856869..1f31f5989090 100644
--- a/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize_test.go
+++ b/pkg/geo/geomfn/segmentize_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package geomfn
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/geo"
@@ -125,6 +126,26 @@ func TestSegmentize(t *testing.T) {
 			maxSegmentLength: -1,
 			expectedWKT:      "MULTIPOINT ((0.0 0.0), (1.0 1.0))",
 		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.NaN(),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING M (0 0 0, 1 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.Sqrt(-1),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING M (0 0 0, 1 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING ZM (0 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: -math.NaN(),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1)",
+		},
+		{
+			wkt:              "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+			maxSegmentLength: math.Inf(1),
+			expectedWKT:      "LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range segmentizeTestCases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s, maximum segment length: %f", test.wkt, test.maxSegmentLength), func(t *testing.T) {