diff --git a/epan/tvbuff.c b/epan/tvbuff.c

index db2cfd1..752393b 100644

--- a/epan/tvbuff.c

+++ b/epan/tvbuff.c

@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ tvb_uncompress(tvbuff_t *tvb, const int offset, int comprlen)

 	guint      bytes_in       = tvb_length_remaining(tvb, offset);

 #endif

-	if (tvb == NULL) {

+	if (tvb == NULL || comprlen <= 0) {

 		return NULL;

 	}