diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/j2k.c b/src/lib/openjp2/j2k.c
index 8790fc33..4434bf11 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/j2k.c
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/j2k.c
@@ -3163,6 +3163,11 @@ static OPJ_BOOL opj_j2k_read_poc (  opj_j2k_t *p_j2k,
         l_old_poc_nb = l_tcp->POC ? l_tcp->numpocs + 1 : 0;
         l_current_poc_nb += l_old_poc_nb;
 
+        if(l_current_poc_nb >= 32)
+          {
+          opj_event_msg(p_manager, EVT_ERROR, "Too many POCs %d\n", l_current_poc_nb);
+          return OPJ_FALSE;
+          }
         assert(l_current_poc_nb < 32);
 
         /* now poc is in use.*/
diff --git a/tests/nonregression/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/nonregression/CMakeLists.txt
index 51664256..04151aa4 100644
--- a/tests/nonregression/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/nonregression/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ set(BLACKLIST_JPEG2000_TMP
     26ccf3651020967f7778238ef5af08af.SIGFPE.d25.527.jp2
     4035.pdf.SIGSEGV.d8b.3375.jp2
     3635.pdf.asan.77.2930.jp2
+    issue165.jp2
    )
 
 # Define a list of file which should be gracefully rejected:
diff --git a/tests/nonregression/test_suite.ctest.in b/tests/nonregression/test_suite.ctest.in
index a0c89eda..47d26a93 100644
--- a/tests/nonregression/test_suite.ctest.in
+++ b/tests/nonregression/test_suite.ctest.in
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ opj_decompress -i @INPUT_NR_PATH@/issue208.jp2                  -o @TEMP_PATH@/i
 opj_decompress -i @INPUT_NR_PATH@/issue211.jp2                  -o @TEMP_PATH@/issue211.jp2.pgx
 # issue 171
 opj_decompress -i @INPUT_NR_PATH@/issue171.jp2                  -o @TEMP_PATH@/issue171.jp2.pgx
+# issue 171
+!opj_decompress -i @INPUT_NR_PATH@/issue165.jp2                  -o @TEMP_PATH@/issue165.jp2.pgx
 
 # decode with specific area
 # prec=12; nb_c=1