diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index ff9c4f1..7ffd0f8 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ func read7BitChunkedInt(r io.Reader, n int) (int, error) {
 	return get7BitChunkedInt(b), nil
 }
 
-func readInt32LittleEndian(r io.Reader) (int, error) {
-	var n int32
-	err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &n)
-	return int(n), err
+func readUint32LittleEndian(r io.Reader) (uint32, error) {
+	b, err := readBytes(r, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(b), nil
 }
diff --git a/vorbis.go b/vorbis.go
index 9f5ecb8..a140c4a 100644
--- a/vorbis.go
+++ b/vorbis.go
@@ -25,32 +25,28 @@ type metadataVorbis struct {
 }
 
 func (m *metadataVorbis) readVorbisComment(r io.Reader) error {
-	vendorLen, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+	vendorLen, err := readUint32LittleEndian(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if vendorLen < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid encoding: expected positive length, got %d", vendorLen)
-	}
-
-	vendor, err := readString(r, vendorLen)
+	vendor, err := readString(r, int(vendorLen))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	m.c["vendor"] = vendor
 
-	commentsLen, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+	commentsLen, err := readUint32LittleEndian(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < commentsLen; i++ {
-		l, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+	for i := uint32(0); i < commentsLen; i++ {
+		l, err := readUint32LittleEndian(r)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		s, err := readString(r, l)
+		s, err := readString(r, int(l))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}