diff --git a/libarchive/archive_read.c b/libarchive/archive_read.c
index 048c316c52d4..7f3edc1567dd 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive_read.c
+++ b/libarchive/archive_read.c
@@ -1394,6 +1394,8 @@ __archive_read_filter_consume(struct archive_read_filter * filter,
 {
 	int64_t skipped;
 
+	if (request < 0)
+		return ARCHIVE_FATAL;
 	if (request == 0)
 		return 0;