diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9086774415..3af49674dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 
 2.1.3
+ * Better detection/logging for corruption in compressed sstables (CASSANDRA-8192)
  * Use the correct repairedAt value when closing writer (CASSANDRA-8570)
  * (cqlsh) Handle a schema mismatch being detected on startup (CASSANDRA-8512)
  * Properly calculate expected write size during compaction (CASSANDRA-8532)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/compress/CompressionMetadata.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/compress/CompressionMetadata.java
index 33f2ac1342..57d7cbe087 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/compress/CompressionMetadata.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/compress/CompressionMetadata.java
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ public class CompressionMetadata
         try
         {
             int chunkCount = input.readInt();
+            if (chunkCount <= 0)
+                throw new IOException("Compressed file with 0 chunks encountered: " + input);
+
             Memory offsets = Memory.allocate(chunkCount * 8);
 
             for (int i = 0; i < chunkCount; i++)
@@ -404,6 +407,8 @@ public class CompressionMetadata
 
         public Chunk(long offset, int length)
         {
+            assert(length > 0);
+
             this.offset = offset;
             this.length = length;
         }