diff --git a/include/wx/stream.h b/include/wx/stream.h
index 9119658421..ed07ce61a8 100644
--- a/include/wx/stream.h
+++ b/include/wx/stream.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
     bool operator!() const { return !IsOk(); }
 
     // reset the stream state
-    void Reset() { m_lasterror = wxSTREAM_NO_ERROR; }
+    void Reset(wxStreamError error = wxSTREAM_NO_ERROR) { m_lasterror = error; }
 
     // this doesn't make sense for all streams, always test its return value
     virtual size_t GetSize() const;
diff --git a/interface/wx/stream.h b/interface/wx/stream.h
index 36617cc091..4f3bb18a45 100644
--- a/interface/wx/stream.h
+++ b/interface/wx/stream.h
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ public:
     */
     virtual bool IsSeekable() const;
 
+    /**
+        Resets the stream state.
+
+        By default, resets the stream to good state, i.e. clears any errors.
+        Since wxWidgets 2.9.3 can be also used to explicitly set the state to
+        the specified error (the @a error argument didn't exist in the previous
+        versions).
+
+        @see GetLastError()
+     */
+    void Reset(wxStreamError error = wxSTREAM_NO_ERROR);
+
     /**
         Returns the opposite of IsOk().
         You can use this function to test the validity of the stream as if
diff --git a/samples/docview/doc.cpp b/samples/docview/doc.cpp
index 24f3984b16..e093d82ae3 100644
--- a/samples/docview/doc.cpp
+++ b/samples/docview/doc.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ DocumentIstream& DrawingDocument::LoadObject(DocumentIstream& istream)
 
     wxInt32 count = 0;
     stream >> count;
+    if ( count < 0 )
+    {
+        wxLogWarning("Drawing document corrupted: invalid segments count.");
+#if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
+        istream.clear(std::ios::badbit);
+#else
+        istream.Reset(wxSTREAM_READ_ERROR);
+#endif
+        return istream;
+    }
 
     for ( int n = 0; n < count; n++ )
     {