diff --git a/pandas/io/sas/sas7bdat.py b/pandas/io/sas/sas7bdat.py
index 7282affe1b5e6..beac654696ed7 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sas/sas7bdat.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sas/sas7bdat.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def _get_properties(self) -> None:
             const.page_size_offset + align1, const.page_size_length
         )
         self._page_count = self._read_int(
-            const.page_count_offset + align1, const.page_count_length
+            const.page_count_offset + align1, self._int_length
         )
 
         self.sas_release_offset = self._read_and_convert_header_text(