Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/DataInput.java
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--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/DataInput.java	(revision 1238498)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/DataInput.java	(working copy)
@@ -157,8 +157,11 @@
     i |= (b & 0x7FL) << 49;
     if ((b & 0x80) == 0) return i;
     b = readByte();
+    i |= (b & 0x7FL) << 56;
+    if ((b & 0x80) == 0) return i;
+    b = readByte();
     assert (b & 0x80) == 0;
-    return i | ((b & 0x7FL) << 56);
+    return i | ((b & 0x7FL) << 63);
   }
 
   /** Reads a string.