diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParser.java
index 3e2f07c..410a2b7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParser.java
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
 			} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			if (i<1 || i>65536) {
+			if (i<1 || i>_ssVersion.getMaxRows()) {
 				return null;
 			}
 		} else {