diff --git a/png.c b/png.c
index 087a278..59e991b 100644
--- a/png.c
+++ b/png.c
@@ -1235,16 +1235,17 @@
 
    /* Check xy and, implicitly, z.  Note that wide gamut color spaces typically
     * have end points with 0 tristimulus values (these are impossible end
-    * points, but they are used to cover the possible colors.)
+    * points, but they are used to cover the possible colors).  We check
+    * xy->whitey against 5, not 0, to avoid a possible integer overflow.
     */
-   if (xy->redx < 0 || xy->redx > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
-   if (xy->redy < 0 || xy->redy > PNG_FP_1-xy->redx) return 1;
+   if (xy->redx   < 0 || xy->redx > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
+   if (xy->redy   < 0 || xy->redy > PNG_FP_1-xy->redx) return 1;
    if (xy->greenx < 0 || xy->greenx > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
    if (xy->greeny < 0 || xy->greeny > PNG_FP_1-xy->greenx) return 1;
-   if (xy->bluex < 0 || xy->bluex > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
-   if (xy->bluey < 0 || xy->bluey > PNG_FP_1-xy->bluex) return 1;
+   if (xy->bluex  < 0 || xy->bluex > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
+   if (xy->bluey  < 0 || xy->bluey > PNG_FP_1-xy->bluex) return 1;
    if (xy->whitex < 0 || xy->whitex > PNG_FP_1) return 1;
-   if (xy->whitey < 0 || xy->whitey > PNG_FP_1-xy->whitex) return 1;
+   if (xy->whitey < 5 || xy->whitey > PNG_FP_1-xy->whitex) return 1;
 
    /* The reverse calculation is more difficult because the original tristimulus
     * value had 9 independent values (red,green,blue)x(X,Y,Z) however only 8