diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index e2f50b9ad6..577f26407f 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.5-beta6" date="2009-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">47034 - Fix reading the name of a NameRecord when the name is very long</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">47001 - Fixed WriteAccessRecord and LinkTable to handle unusual format written by Google Docs</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46973 - Fixed defined names to behave better when refersToFormula is unset</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46832 - Allow merged regions with columns greater than 255 or rows bigger than 65536 in XSSF</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 99095f13f2..40255a08b6 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.5-beta6" date="2009-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">47034 - Fix reading the name of a NameRecord when the name is very long</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">47001 - Fixed WriteAccessRecord and LinkTable to handle unusual format written by Google Docs</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46973 - Fixed defined names to behave better when refersToFormula is unset</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46832 - Allow merged regions with columns greater than 255 or rows bigger than 65536 in XSSF</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java
index 3d48023f4a..a938223606 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public final class NameRecord extends StandardRecord {
 		LittleEndianInput in = ris;
 		field_1_option_flag                 = in.readShort();
 		field_2_keyboard_shortcut           = in.readByte();
-		int field_3_length_name_text        = in.readByte();
+		int field_3_length_name_text        = in.readUByte();
 		int field_4_length_name_definition  = in.readShort();
 		field_5_externSheetIndex_plus1      = in.readShort();
 		field_6_sheetNumber                 = in.readUShort();
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/47034.xls b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/47034.xls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81c5849e9f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/47034.xls differ
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index d81441c003..ae65043271 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -1479,4 +1479,14 @@ public final class TestBugs extends BaseTestBugzillaIssues {
     		));
     	}
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException reading long
+     *  non-unicode data for a name record
+     */
+    public void test47034() throws IOException {
+		HSSFWorkbook wb = openSample("47034.xls");
+		assertEquals(893, wb.getNumberOfNames());
+		assertEquals("Matthew\\Matthew11_1\\Matthew2331_1\\Matthew2351_1\\Matthew2361_1___lab", wb.getNameName(300));
+    }
 }