diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 641ce16..bde4177 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
      a contribution from Tobias Tangemann. #541
    * Fixed cert_app sample program for debug output and for use when no root
      certificates are provided.
+   * Fix conditional statement that would cause a 1 byte overread in
+     mbedtls_asn1_get_int(). Found and fixed by Guido Vranken.
    * Fixed pthread implementation to avoid unintended double initialisations
      and double frees. (found by Niklas Amnebratt)
    * Fixed the sample applications gen_key.c, cert_req.c and cert_write.c for
diff --git a/library/asn1parse.c b/library/asn1parse.c
index ffa2f52..4dd65c0 100644
--- a/library/asn1parse.c
+++ b/library/asn1parse.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     if( ( ret = mbedtls_asn1_get_tag( p, end, &len, MBEDTLS_ASN1_INTEGER ) ) != 0 )
         return( ret );
 
-    if( len > sizeof( int ) || ( **p & 0x80 ) != 0 )
+    if( len == 0 || len > sizeof( int ) || ( **p & 0x80 ) != 0 )
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_INVALID_LENGTH );
 
     *val = 0;