diff --git a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
index 78d947ace3..621aac7bdb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int read_quant_table(RangeCoder *c, int16_t *quant_table, int scale)
     for (v = 0; i < 128; v++) {
         unsigned len = get_symbol(c, state, 0) + 1;
 
-        if (len > 128 - i)
+        if (len > 128 - i || !len)
             return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
         while (len--) {