diff --git a/libavcodec/pngdec.c b/libavcodec/pngdec.c
index f93f200bb1..f761f2f7d9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pngdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pngdec.c
@@ -578,6 +578,10 @@ static int decode_ihdr_chunk(AVCodecContext *avctx, PNGDecContext *s,
     }
     s->color_type       = bytestream2_get_byte(&s->gb);
     s->compression_type = bytestream2_get_byte(&s->gb);
+    if (s->compression_type) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid compression method %d\n", s->compression_type);
+        goto error;
+    }
     s->filter_type      = bytestream2_get_byte(&s->gb);
     s->interlace_type   = bytestream2_get_byte(&s->gb);
     bytestream2_skip(&s->gb, 4); /* crc */