diff --git a/libavcodec/msvideo1.c b/libavcodec/msvideo1.c
index 29700f54b6..de048d8b6f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/msvideo1.c
+++ b/libavcodec/msvideo1.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ static av_cold int msvideo1_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     s->avctx = avctx;
 
+    if (avctx->width < 4 || avctx->height < 4)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
     /* figure out the colorspace based on the presence of a palette */
     if (s->avctx->bits_per_coded_sample == 8) {
         s->mode_8bit = 1;