diff --git a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
index 35562a81bc..b0e34231ae 100644
--- a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
+++ b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,12 @@ gst_wavparse_stream_headers (GstWavParse * wav)
         "Got TAG: %" GST_FOURCC_FORMAT ", offset %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT ", size %"
         G_GUINT32_FORMAT, GST_FOURCC_ARGS (tag), wav->offset, size);
 
+    /* Maximum valid size is INT_MAX */
+    if (size & 0x80000000) {
+      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (wav, "Invalid size, clipping to 0x7fffffff");
+      size = 0x7fffffff;
+    }
+
     /* Clip to upstream size if known */
     if (wav->datasize > 0 && size + wav->offset > wav->datasize) {
       GST_WARNING_OBJECT (wav, "Clipping chunk size to file size");