diff --git a/src/main/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/SnappyRawDecompressor.java b/src/main/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/SnappyRawDecompressor.java
index 00728c2..246ee7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/SnappyRawDecompressor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/SnappyRawDecompressor.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ final class SnappyRawDecompressor
                 // bit 8).
                 int matchOffset = entry & 0x700;
                 matchOffset += trailer;
-                if (matchOffset < 0) {
+                if (matchOffset <= 0) {
                     throw new MalformedInputException(input - inputAddress);
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/TestSnappyJava.java b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/TestSnappyJava.java
index 22713a3..3dbd553 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/TestSnappyJava.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v3/snappy/TestSnappyJava.java
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ package io.airlift.compress.v3.snappy;
 
 import io.airlift.compress.v3.Compressor;
 import io.airlift.compress.v3.Decompressor;
+import io.airlift.compress.v3.MalformedInputException;
 import io.airlift.compress.v3.thirdparty.XerialSnappyCompressor;
 import io.airlift.compress.v3.thirdparty.XerialSnappyDecompressor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 class TestSnappyJava
         extends AbstractTestSnappy
@@ -44,4 +48,13 @@ class TestSnappyJava
     {
         return new XerialSnappyDecompressor();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testZeroMatchOffsetFails()
+    {
+        byte[] zeroMatchOffset = new byte[] {16, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0};
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new SnappyJavaDecompressor().decompress(zeroMatchOffset, 0, zeroMatchOffset.length, new byte[64], 0, 64))
+                .isInstanceOf(MalformedInputException.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining("Malformed input: offset=2");
+    }
 }