diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
index e60510a3c8b..a7ff89d9521 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ W3DShroudLevel W3DShroud::getShroudLevel(Int x, Int y)
 {
 	DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH( m_pSrcTexture != nullptr, ("Reading empty shroud"));
 
-	if (x < m_numCellsX && y < m_numCellsY)
+	if (x >= 0 && y >= 0 && x < m_numCellsX && y < m_numCellsY)
 	{
 		UnsignedShort pixel=*(UnsignedShort *)((Byte *)m_srcTextureData + x*2 + y*m_srcTexturePitch);
 
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
index 8af10e2efe2..8576d11691f 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DShroud.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ W3DShroudLevel W3DShroud::getShroudLevel(Int x, Int y)
 {
 	DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH( m_pSrcTexture != nullptr, ("Reading empty shroud"));
 
-	if (x < m_numCellsX && y < m_numCellsY)
+	if (x >= 0 && y >= 0 && x < m_numCellsX && y < m_numCellsY)
 	{
 		UnsignedShort pixel=*(UnsignedShort *)((Byte *)m_srcTextureData + x*2 + y*m_srcTexturePitch);