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diff --git a/Lib/asynchat.py b/Lib/asynchat.py
index 91f0bb2fd9..fc6cabe7f2 100644
--- a/Lib/asynchat.py
+++ b/Lib/asynchat.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ class async_chat(asyncore.dispatcher):
"""
if isinstance(term, str) and self.use_encoding:
term = bytes(term, self.encoding)
+ elif isinstance(term, int) and term < 0:
+ raise ValueError('the number of received bytes must be positive')
self.terminator = term
def get_terminator(self):