diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/error.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/error.rs
index e149d2120..2741f648a 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/error.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/error.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ pub enum Error {
 	VersionNotSupported(u64),
 	/// Max chunk size is to small to fit basic account data.
 	ChunkTooSmall,
+	/// Oversized chunk
+	ChunkTooLarge,
 	/// Snapshots not supported by the consensus engine.
 	SnapshotsUnsupported,
 	/// Bad epoch transition.
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
 			Error::Trie(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
 			Error::VersionNotSupported(ref ver) => write!(f, "Snapshot version {} is not supprted.", ver),
 			Error::ChunkTooSmall => write!(f, "Chunk size is too small."),
+			Error::ChunkTooLarge => write!(f, "Chunk size is too large."),
 			Error::SnapshotsUnsupported => write!(f, "Snapshots unsupported by consensus engine."),
 			Error::BadEpochProof(i) => write!(f, "Bad epoch proof for transition to epoch {}", i),
 			Error::WrongChunkFormat(ref msg) => write!(f, "Wrong chunk format: {}", msg),
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
index 94be8175a..f9a513dd1 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ mod traits;
 // Try to have chunks be around 4MB (before compression)
 const PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+// Maximal chunk size (decompressed)
+// Snappy::decompressed_len estimation may sometimes yield results greater
+// than PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE so allow some threshold here.
+const MAX_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = PREFERRED_CHUNK_SIZE / 4 * 5;
+
 // Minimum supported state chunk version.
 const MIN_SUPPORTED_STATE_CHUNK_VERSION: u64 = 1;
 // current state chunk version.
diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
index 28f6281d0..14cf65b9a 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/service.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
-use super::{ManifestData, StateRebuilder, Rebuilder, RestorationStatus, SnapshotService};
+use super::{ManifestData, StateRebuilder, Rebuilder, RestorationStatus, SnapshotService, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE};
 use super::io::{SnapshotReader, LooseReader, SnapshotWriter, LooseWriter};
 
 use blockchain::BlockChain;
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ impl Restoration {
 	// feeds a state chunk, aborts early if `flag` becomes false.
 	fn feed_state(&mut self, hash: H256, chunk: &[u8], flag: &AtomicBool) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		if self.state_chunks_left.contains(&hash) {
+			let expected_len = snappy::decompressed_len(chunk)?;
+			if expected_len > MAX_CHUNK_SIZE {
+				trace!(target: "snapshot", "Discarding large chunk: {} vs {}", expected_len, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE);
+				return Err(::snapshot::Error::ChunkTooLarge.into());
+			}
 			let len = snappy::decompress_into(chunk, &mut self.snappy_buffer)?;
 
 			self.state.feed(&self.snappy_buffer[..len], flag)?;
@@ -147,6 +152,11 @@ impl Restoration {
 	// feeds a block chunk
 	fn feed_blocks(&mut self, hash: H256, chunk: &[u8], engine: &EthEngine, flag: &AtomicBool) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		if self.block_chunks_left.contains(&hash) {
+			let expected_len = snappy::decompressed_len(chunk)?;
+			if expected_len > MAX_CHUNK_SIZE {
+				trace!(target: "snapshot", "Discarding large chunk: {} vs {}", expected_len, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE);
+				return Err(::snapshot::Error::ChunkTooLarge.into());
+			}
 			let len = snappy::decompress_into(chunk, &mut self.snappy_buffer)?;
 
 			self.secondary.feed(&self.snappy_buffer[..len], engine, flag)?;