diff --git a/src/archive/zip/reader.go b/src/archive/zip/reader.go
index 519748bac40..0f7086081a9 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip/reader.go
+++ b/src/archive/zip/reader.go
@@ -376,14 +376,16 @@ func readDirectoryEnd(r io.ReaderAt, size int64) (dir *directoryEnd, err error)
 	}
 	d.comment = string(b[:l])
 
-	p, err := findDirectory64End(r, directoryEndOffset)
-	if err == nil && p >= 0 {
-		err = readDirectory64End(r, p, d)
+	// These values mean that the file can be a zip64 file
+	if d.directoryRecords == 0xffff || d.directorySize == 0xffff || d.directoryOffset == 0xffffffff {
+		p, err := findDirectory64End(r, directoryEndOffset)
+		if err == nil && p >= 0 {
+			err = readDirectory64End(r, p, d)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	// Make sure directoryOffset points to somewhere in our file.
 	if o := int64(d.directoryOffset); o < 0 || o >= size {
 		return nil, ErrFormat
@@ -407,8 +409,13 @@ func findDirectory64End(r io.ReaderAt, directoryEndOffset int64) (int64, error)
 	if sig := b.uint32(); sig != directory64LocSignature {
 		return -1, nil
 	}
-	b = b[4:]       // skip number of the disk with the start of the zip64 end of central directory
-	p := b.uint64() // relative offset of the zip64 end of central directory record
+	if b.uint32() != 0 { // number of the disk with the start of the zip64 end of central directory
+		return -1, nil // the file is not a valid zip64-file
+	}
+	p := b.uint64()      // relative offset of the zip64 end of central directory record
+	if b.uint32() != 1 { // total number of disks
+		return -1, nil // the file is not a valid zip64-file
+	}
 	return int64(p), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go b/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
index 547dd39048e..8f7e8bf555d 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
+++ b/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
@@ -605,3 +605,40 @@ func TestIssue11146(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	r.Close()
 }
+
+// Verify we do not treat non-zip64 archives as zip64
+func TestIssue12449(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte{
+		0x50, 0x4b, 0x03, 0x04, 0x14, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x6b, 0xb4, 0xba, 0x46, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0xca, 0x64,
+		0x55, 0x75, 0x78, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x05,
+		0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
+		0x00, 0x49, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x44, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x31, 0x31, 0x31, 0x32, 0x32, 0x32, 0x0a,
+		0x50, 0x4b, 0x07, 0x08, 0x1d, 0x88, 0x77, 0xb0,
+		0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x50, 0x4b, 0x01, 0x02, 0x14, 0x03, 0x14, 0x00,
+		0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x6b, 0xb4, 0xba, 0x46,
+		0x1d, 0x88, 0x77, 0xb0, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00,
+		0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0xa0, 0x81, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xca, 0x64,
+		0x55, 0x75, 0x78, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x05,
+		0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
+		0x00, 0x49, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x44, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x97, 0x2b, 0x49, 0x23, 0x05, 0xc5, 0x0b,
+		0xa7, 0xd1, 0x52, 0xa2, 0x9c, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x06,
+		0x07, 0xc8, 0x19, 0xc1, 0xaf, 0x94, 0x9c, 0x61,
+		0x44, 0xbe, 0x94, 0x19, 0x42, 0x58, 0x12, 0xc6,
+		0x5b, 0x50, 0x4b, 0x05, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x69, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0x00, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	}
+	// Read in the archive.
+	_, err := NewReader(bytes.NewReader([]byte(data)), int64(len(data)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error reading the archive: %v", err)
+	}
+}