src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java

@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
                                      boolean ignoreUnknownFields)
         throws IOException {
         rootIFD.initialize(stream, true, ignoreUnknownFields);
     }
 
-    public void addShortOrLongField(int tagNumber, int value) {
+    public void addShortOrLongField(int tagNumber, long value) {
         TIFFField field = new TIFFField(rootIFD.getTag(tagNumber), value);
         rootIFD.addTIFFField(field);
     }
 
     public boolean isReadOnly() {