diff --git a/other/maximum_subarray.py b/other/maximum_subarray.py
index 756e009444fe..56c1e0498486 100644
--- a/other/maximum_subarray.py
+++ b/other/maximum_subarray.py
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-def max_subarray(nums: list[int]) -> int:
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+
+def max_subarray_sum(nums: Iterable[int]) -> int:
     """
-    Returns the subarray with maximum sum
-    >>> max_subarray([1,2,3,4,-2])
+    Raises:
+      ValueError: when nums is empty.
+
+    Returns the maximum possible sum amongst all non - empty subarrays
+    >>> max_subarray_sum([1,2,3,4,-2])
     10
-    >>> max_subarray([-2,1,-3,4,-1,2,1,-5,4])
+    >>> max_subarray_sum([-2,1,-3,4,-1,2,1,-5,4])
     6
     """
+    if not nums:
+        raise ValueError('Input iterable should not be empty')
 
     curr_max = ans = nums[0]
 
-    for i in range(1, len(nums)):
-        if curr_max >= 0:
-            curr_max = curr_max + nums[i]
-        else:
-            curr_max = nums[i]
-
+    for num in nums[1:]:
+        curr_max = max(curr_max + num, num)
         ans = max(curr_max, ans)
 
     return ans
@@ -23,4 +27,4 @@ def max_subarray(nums: list[int]) -> int:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     n = int(input("Enter number of elements : ").strip())
     array = list(map(int, input("\nEnter the numbers : ").strip().split()))[:n]
-    print(max_subarray(array))
+    print(max_subarray_sum(array))