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diff --git a/Modules/_fileio.c b/Modules/_fileio.c
index 2bda155763..c46f17e2b0 100644
--- a/Modules/_fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_fileio.c
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ fileio_read(PyFileIOObject *self, PyObject *args)
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &size))
return NULL;
+ if (size < 0) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+ "negative read count");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
if (bytes == NULL)
return NULL;