diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2synchdata.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2synchdata.cpp
index 60698d3c..4acfd914 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2synchdata.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2synchdata.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ TagLib::uint SynchData::toUInt(const ByteVector &data)
     // Invalid data; assume this was created by some buggy software that just
     // put normal integers here rather than syncsafe ones, and try it that
     // way.
-    sum = data.toUInt();
+    if(data.size() >= 4) {
+      sum = data.toUInt(0, true);
+    }
+    else {
+      ByteVector tmp(data);
+      tmp.resize(4);
+      sum = tmp.toUInt(0, true);
+    }
   }
 
   return sum;