diff --git a/Tests/images/negative_layer_count.psd b/Tests/images/negative_layer_count.psd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b111c2d56
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/negative_layer_count.psd differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_psd.py b/Tests/test_file_psd.py
index bf2a5fea0..f50fe133f 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_psd.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_psd.py
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ def test_n_frames():
         assert im.n_frames == 1
         assert not im.is_animated
 
-    with Image.open(test_file) as im:
-        assert im.n_frames == 2
-        assert im.is_animated
+    for path in [test_file, "Tests/images/negative_layer_count.psd"]:
+        with Image.open(path) as im:
+            assert im.n_frames == 2
+            assert im.is_animated
 
 
 def test_eoferror():
diff --git a/src/PIL/PsdImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/PsdImagePlugin.py
index e7b884674..04b21e3de 100644
--- a/src/PIL/PsdImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/PsdImagePlugin.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from . import Image, ImageFile, ImagePalette
 from ._binary import i8
 from ._binary import i16be as i16
 from ._binary import i32be as i32
+from ._binary import si16be as si16
 
 MODES = {
     # (photoshop mode, bits) -> (pil mode, required channels)
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def _layerinfo(fp, ct_bytes):
     def read(size):
         return ImageFile._safe_read(fp, size)
 
-    ct = i16(read(2))
+    ct = si16(read(2))
 
     # sanity check
     if ct_bytes < (abs(ct) * 20):
diff --git a/src/PIL/_binary.py b/src/PIL/_binary.py
index 5564f450d..a74ee9eb6 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_binary.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_binary.py
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ def si16le(c, o=0):
     return unpack_from("<h", c, o)[0]
 
 
+def si16be(c, o=0):
+    """
+    Converts a 2-bytes (16 bits) string to a signed integer, big endian.
+
+    :param c: string containing bytes to convert
+    :param o: offset of bytes to convert in string
+    """
+    return unpack_from(">h", c, o)[0]
+
+
 def i32le(c, o=0):
     """
     Converts a 4-bytes (32 bits) string to an unsigned integer.