diff --git a/excelize_test.go b/excelize_test.go
index 18baef1448..403dd0d4ae 100644
--- a/excelize_test.go
+++ b/excelize_test.go
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ func TestOpenReader(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test open spreadsheet with unzip size limit
+	_, err = OpenFile(filepath.Join("test", "Book1.xlsx"), Options{UnzipSizeLimit: -1})
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, newUnzipSizeLimitError(-1).Error())
 	_, err = OpenFile(filepath.Join("test", "Book1.xlsx"), Options{UnzipSizeLimit: 100})
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, newUnzipSizeLimitError(100).Error())
 
diff --git a/lib.go b/lib.go
index 5c49705b94..3b3a8eed5c 100644
--- a/lib.go
+++ b/lib.go
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf16"
 )
 
+// checkFileSize checks if the file size and unzip size exceed the limit set in
+// options.
+func (f *File) checkFileSize(fileSize, unzipSize int64) error {
+	if f.options.UnzipSizeLimit < 0 || uint64(f.options.UnzipSizeLimit) < uint64(fileSize) || fileSize < 0 {
+		return newUnzipSizeLimitError(f.options.UnzipSizeLimit)
+	}
+	if unzipSize > f.options.UnzipSizeLimit {
+		return newUnzipSizeLimitError(f.options.UnzipSizeLimit)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ReadZipReader extract spreadsheet with given options.
 func (f *File) ReadZipReader(r *zip.Reader) (map[string][]byte, int, error) {
 	var (
@@ -43,8 +55,8 @@ func (f *File) ReadZipReader(r *zip.Reader) (map[string][]byte, int, error) {
 	for _, v := range r.File {
 		fileSize := v.FileInfo().Size()
 		unzipSize += fileSize
-		if unzipSize > f.options.UnzipSizeLimit {
-			return fileList, worksheets, newUnzipSizeLimitError(f.options.UnzipSizeLimit)
+		if err := f.checkFileSize(fileSize, unzipSize); err != nil {
+			return fileList, worksheets, err
 		}
 		fileName := strings.ReplaceAll(v.Name, "\\", "/")
 		if partName, ok := docPart[strings.ToLower(fileName)]; ok {
diff --git a/lib_test.go b/lib_test.go
index 225e24b668..9a804f6e24 100644
--- a/lib_test.go
+++ b/lib_test.go
@@ -422,3 +422,11 @@ func TestFloat2Frac(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "9999/10000", strings.Trim(floatToFraction(0.9999, 10, 10), " "))
 	assert.Equal(t, "954888175898973913/351283728530932463", floatToFraction(math.E, 1, 18))
 }
+
+func TestCheckFileSize(t *testing.T) {
+	f := NewFile()
+	assert.NoError(t, f.checkFileSize(1, 1))
+	assert.EqualError(t, f.checkFileSize(UnzipSizeLimit+1, 1), newUnzipSizeLimitError(UnzipSizeLimit).Error())
+	assert.EqualError(t, f.checkFileSize(1, UnzipSizeLimit+1), newUnzipSizeLimitError(UnzipSizeLimit).Error())
+	assert.EqualError(t, f.checkFileSize(-1, 1), newUnzipSizeLimitError(UnzipSizeLimit).Error())
+}