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diff --git a/numpy/lib/format.py b/numpy/lib/format.py
index fd5496e96..c411715d8 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/format.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/format.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def read_array(fp):
# non-chunked case count < max_read_count, so only one read is
# performed.
- max_read_count = BUFFER_SIZE // dtype.itemsize
+ max_read_count = BUFFER_SIZE // min(BUFFER_SIZE, dtype.itemsize)
array = numpy.empty(count, dtype=dtype)