diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 3165218ab5..21d7dd15ef 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local
 				   MIDX_HEADER_SIZE, m->num_chunks))
 		goto cleanup_fail;
 
-	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES, &m->chunk_pack_names) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
-		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required pack-name chunk"));
-	if (read_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT, midx_read_oid_fanout, m) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
-		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required OID fanout chunk"));
-	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP, &m->chunk_oid_lookup) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
-		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required OID lookup chunk"));
-	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS, &m->chunk_object_offsets) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
-		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required object offsets chunk"));
+	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES, &m->chunk_pack_names))
+		die(_("multi-pack-index required pack-name chunk missing or corrupted"));
+	if (read_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT, midx_read_oid_fanout, m))
+		die(_("multi-pack-index required OID fanout chunk missing or corrupted"));
+	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP, &m->chunk_oid_lookup))
+		die(_("multi-pack-index required OID lookup chunk missing or corrupted"));
+	if (pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS, &m->chunk_object_offsets))
+		die(_("multi-pack-index required object offsets chunk missing or corrupted"));
 
 	pair_chunk_unsafe(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS, &m->chunk_large_offsets);
 
diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
index 1bcc02004d..b8fe85aeba 100755
--- a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='multi-pack-indexes'
 . ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-chunk.sh
 
 GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0
 objdir=.git/objects
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ test_expect_success 'verify extended chunk count' '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify missing required chunk' '
 	corrupt_midx_and_verify $MIDX_BYTE_CHUNK_ID "\01" $objdir \
-		"missing required"
+		"required pack-name chunk missing"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify invalid chunk offset' '
@@ -1055,4 +1056,21 @@ test_expect_success 'repack with delta islands' '
 	)
 '
 
+corrupt_chunk () {
+	midx=.git/objects/pack/multi-pack-index &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf $midx" &&
+	git repack -ad --write-midx &&
+	corrupt_chunk_file $midx "$@"
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'reader notices too-small oid fanout chunk' '
+	corrupt_chunk OIDF clear 00000000 &&
+	test_must_fail git log 2>err &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	error: multi-pack-index OID fanout is of the wrong size
+	fatal: multi-pack-index required OID fanout chunk missing or corrupted
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect err
+'
+
 test_done