diff --git a/SMBLibrary/Helpers/FileTimeHelper.cs b/SMBLibrary/Helpers/FileTimeHelper.cs
index 85489cc..20e88b1 100644
--- a/SMBLibrary/Helpers/FileTimeHelper.cs
+++ b/SMBLibrary/Helpers/FileTimeHelper.cs
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ namespace SMBLibrary
             {
                 return DateTime.FromFileTimeUtc(span);
             }
-            else
+            else if (span == 0)
             {
                 return null;
             }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new System.IO.InvalidDataException("FILETIME cannot be negative");
+            }
         }
 
         public static DateTime? ReadNullableFileTime(byte[] buffer, ref int offset)