diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index b2802ffaab..214b22182d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -280,15 +280,18 @@ int ff_mjpeg_decode_sof(MJpegDecodeContext *s)
             s->h_max = h_count[i];
         if (v_count[i] > s->v_max)
             s->v_max = v_count[i];
-        if (!h_count[i] || !v_count[i]) {
-            av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "h/v_count is 0\n");
-            return -1;
-        }
         s->quant_index[i] = get_bits(&s->gb, 8);
         if (s->quant_index[i] >= 4) {
             av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "quant_index is invalid\n");
             return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
         }
+        if (!h_count[i] || !v_count[i]) {
+            av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                   "Invalid sampling factor in component %d %d:%d\n",
+                   i, h_count[i], v_count[i]);
+            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        }
+
         av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "component %d %d:%d id: %d quant:%d\n",
                i, h_count[i], v_count[i],
                s->component_id[i], s->quant_index[i]);