diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/FadvisedFileRegion.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/FadvisedFileRegion.java
index cb9b5e088e8..79045f9555d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/FadvisedFileRegion.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/FadvisedFileRegion.java
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ public class FadvisedFileRegion extends DefaultFileRegion {
     
     long trans = actualCount;
     int readSize;
-    ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(this.shuffleBufferSize);
+    ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(
+        Math.min(
+            this.shuffleBufferSize,
+            trans > Integer.MAX_VALUE ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : (int) trans));
     
     while(trans > 0L &&
         (readSize = fileChannel.read(byteBuffer, this.position+position)) > 0) {