diff --git a/src/osmLayer.js b/src/osmLayer.js
index b5e3abaabe..69621124a9 100644
--- a/src/osmLayer.js
+++ b/src/osmLayer.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var osmLayer = function (arg) {
       overlap: m_this._options.tileOverlap,
       scale: m_this._options.tileScale,
       url: m_this._options.url.call(
-        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, urlParams.level || 0,
+        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, Math.max(urlParams.level || 0, 0),
         m_this._options.subdomains),
       crossDomain: m_this._options.crossDomain
     });
diff --git a/src/pixelmapLayer.js b/src/pixelmapLayer.js
index 1eb11ae0c7..5c093c2d31 100644
--- a/src/pixelmapLayer.js
+++ b/src/pixelmapLayer.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var pixelmapLayer = function (arg) {
       overlap: m_this._options.tileOverlap,
       scale: m_this._options.tileScale,
       url: m_this._options.url.call(
-        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, urlParams.level || 0,
+        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, Math.max(urlParams.level || 0, 0),
         m_this._options.subdomains),
       crossDomain: m_this._options.crossDomain
     });
diff --git a/src/tileLayer.js b/src/tileLayer.js
index 9372d9ac4f..d92df745bf 100644
--- a/src/tileLayer.js
+++ b/src/tileLayer.js
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ var tileLayer = function (arg) {
       size: {x: m_this._options.tileWidth, y: m_this._options.tileHeight},
       queue: m_this._queue,
       url: m_this._options.url.call(
-        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, urlParams.level || 0,
+        m_this, urlParams.x, urlParams.y, Math.max(urlParams.level || 0, 0),
         m_this._options.subdomains)
     });
   };
diff --git a/src/util/common.js b/src/util/common.js
index ad09023d8a..630ae0be52 100644
--- a/src/util/common.js
+++ b/src/util/common.js
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ var util = {
     };
     var layerParams = {
       maxLevel: maxLevel,
+      minLevel: Math.min(0, maxLevel),
       wrapX: false,
       wrapY: false,
       tileOffset: function () {