diff --git a/libavcodec/mpc8.c b/libavcodec/mpc8.c
index 2808b58667ac8a6193e57599fbc1f83f19482342..c37cd504970d0940dbf021bfbd7f3f46646f83c1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpc8.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpc8.c
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ static av_cold int mpc8_decode_init(AVCodecContext * avctx)
 
     skip_bits(&gb, 3);//sample rate
     c->maxbands = get_bits(&gb, 5) + 1;
-    if (c->maxbands >= BANDS)
+    if (c->maxbands >= BANDS) {
+        av_log(avctx,AV_LOG_ERROR, "maxbands %d too high\n", c->maxbands);
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
     channels = get_bits(&gb, 4) + 1;
     if (channels > 2) {
         av_log_missing_feature(avctx, "Multichannel MPC SV8", 1);
@@ -272,8 +274,10 @@ static int mpc8_decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx, void *data,
         maxband = c->last_max_band + get_vlc2(gb, band_vlc.table, MPC8_BANDS_BITS, 2);
         if(maxband > 32) maxband -= 33;
     }
-    if(maxband >= BANDS)
+    if(maxband >= BANDS) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "maxband %d too large\n",maxband);
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
     c->last_max_band = maxband;
 
     /* read subband indexes */