diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index 8bf2fdfcc1..af12d5d71b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ int ff_mjpeg_decode_dqt(MJpegDecodeContext *s)
         /* read quant table */
         for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
             s->quant_matrixes[index][i] = get_bits(&s->gb, pr ? 16 : 8);
+            if (s->quant_matrixes[index][i] == 0) {
+                av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "dqt: 0 quant value\n");
+                return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            }
         }
 
         // XXX FIXME fine-tune, and perhaps add dc too