diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
index 953f5a4..3408d64 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
  * {@link InputStream} implementation to decode data written with
  * {@link LZ4BlockOutputStream}. This class is not thread-safe and does not
  * support {@link #mark(int)}/{@link #reset()}.
+ * Once a read fails with an {@link IOException}, every later read or skip on
+ * this stream throws an {@link IOException} as well.
  * <p>Use {@link Builder#withAcceptOversizedBlocks(boolean)} only for trusted
  * inputs that may contain noncanonical legacy LZ4 blocks. Enabling it restores
  * acceptance of blocks whose compressed length is greater than or equal to the
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ public class LZ4BlockInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
   private int originalLen;
   private int o;
   private boolean finished;
+  // set once refill() fails; the stream is unusable afterwards
+  private IOException failure;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new LZ4 input stream to read from the specified underlying InputStream.
@@ -187,11 +191,15 @@ public static Builder newBuilder() {
 
   @Override
   public int available() throws IOException {
+    if (failure != null) {
+      return 0;
+    }
     return originalLen - o;
   }
 
   @Override
   public int read() throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (finished) {
       return -1;
     }
@@ -207,6 +215,7 @@ public int read() throws IOException {
   @Override
   public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
     SafeUtils.checkRange(b, off, len);
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (finished) {
       return -1;
     }
@@ -229,6 +238,7 @@ public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (n <= 0 || finished) {
       return 0;
     }
@@ -243,10 +253,24 @@ public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
     return skipped;
   }
 
+  private void ensureNotFailed() throws IOException {
+    if (failure != null) {
+      throw new IOException("Stream previously failed", failure);
+    }
+  }
+
   private void refill() throws IOException {
-    // Loop rather than recurse over empty blocks so that a long run of them cannot overflow the stack
-    while (!readBlock()) {
-      // empty block with stopOnEmptyBlock == false, continue with the next block
+    try {
+      // Loop rather than recurse over empty blocks so that a long run of them cannot overflow the stack
+      while (!readBlock()) {
+        // empty block with stopOnEmptyBlock == false, continue with the next block
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      failure = e;
+      throw e;
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      failure = new IOException("Stream is corrupted", e);
+      throw failure;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameInputStream.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameInputStream.java
index d1aaa74..3bd0fec 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameInputStream.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the v1.5.1 LZ4 Frame format. This class is NOT thread safe.
+ * Once a read fails with an {@link IOException}, every later read or skip on
+ * this stream throws an {@link IOException} as well.
  * <p>
  * Not Supported:<ul>
  * <li>Dependent blocks</li>
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ public class LZ4FrameInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
   private boolean anyFrameRead = false;
 
   private LZ4FrameOutputStream.FrameInfo frameInfo = null;
+  // set once reading a frame header or block fails; the stream is unusable afterwards
+  private IOException failure = null;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new {@link InputStream} that will decompress data using fastest instances of {@link LZ4SafeDecompressor} and {@link XXHash32}.
@@ -141,6 +145,16 @@ public LZ4FrameInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4SafeDecompressor decompressor, XXH
    * @throws IOException On input stream read exception
    */
   private boolean nextFrameInfo() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      return nextFrameInfo0();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw fail(e);
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      throw fail(new IOException("Stream is corrupted", e));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean nextFrameInfo0() throws IOException {
     while (true) {
       int size = 0;
       do {
@@ -286,6 +300,27 @@ private int readInt(InputStream stream) throws IOException {
    * @throws IOException
    */
   private void readBlock() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      readBlock0();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw fail(e);
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      throw fail(new IOException("Stream is corrupted", e));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private IOException fail(IOException e) {
+    failure = e;
+    return e;
+  }
+
+  private void ensureNotFailed() throws IOException {
+    if (failure != null) {
+      throw new IOException("Stream previously failed", failure);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void readBlock0() throws IOException {
     if (frameInfo.isEnabled(LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.CONTENT_CHECKSUM) && streamHash == null) {
       // the content checksum hash was released by close()
       throw new IOException("Stream closed");
@@ -366,6 +401,7 @@ private void readBlock() throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public int read() throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     while (!firstFrameHeaderRead || buffer.remaining() == 0) {
       if (!firstFrameHeaderRead || frameInfo.isFinished()) {
         if (firstFrameHeaderRead && readSingleFrame) {
@@ -385,6 +421,7 @@ public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
     if ((off < 0) || (len < 0) || notEnoughSpace(b.length - off, len)) {
       throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
     }
+    ensureNotFailed();
     while (!firstFrameHeaderRead || buffer.remaining() == 0) {
       if (!firstFrameHeaderRead || frameInfo.isFinished()) {
         if (firstFrameHeaderRead && readSingleFrame) {
@@ -403,6 +440,7 @@ public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (n <= 0) {
       return 0;
     }
@@ -424,7 +462,7 @@ public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public int available() throws IOException {
-    if (!firstFrameHeaderRead) {
+    if (failure != null || !firstFrameHeaderRead) {
       return 0;
     }
     return buffer.remaining();
@@ -468,6 +506,7 @@ public boolean markSupported() {
    * @see #LZ4FrameInputStream(InputStream, LZ4SafeDecompressor, XXHash32, boolean)
    */
   public long getExpectedContentSize() throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (!readSingleFrame) {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not permitted when multiple frames can be read");
     }
@@ -486,6 +525,7 @@ public long getExpectedContentSize() throws IOException {
    * @throws IOException On input stream read exception
    */
   public boolean isExpectedContentSizeDefined() throws IOException {
+    ensureNotFailed();
     if (readSingleFrame) {
       if (!firstFrameHeaderRead) {
         if (!nextFrameInfo()) {
diff --git a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
index 46c94be..d9a2576 100644
--- a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -602,4 +604,57 @@ public void testManyEmptyBlocksSkip() throws IOException {
     assertEquals(-1, in.read());
     in.close();
   }
+
+  private static byte[] twoBlockStream() throws IOException {
+    // first block holds 64 bytes, second block 32 bytes
+    var baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try (var out = new LZ4BlockOutputStream(baos, 64)) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 96; ++i) {
+        out.write(i);
+      }
+    }
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  private static void assertFailedStream(LZ4BlockInputStream in) throws IOException {
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, in::read);
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> in.read(new byte[16]));
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> in.skip(1));
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, in::readAllBytes);
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> in.readNBytes(16));
+    assertEquals(0, in.available());
+    in.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyAfterChecksumMismatch() throws IOException {
+    byte[] compressed = twoBlockStream();
+    final int secondBlock = LZ4BlockOutputStream.HEADER_LENGTH
+      + net.jpountz.util.SafeUtils.readIntLE(compressed, LZ4BlockOutputStream.MAGIC_LENGTH + 1);
+    // corrupt the checksum of the second block
+    compressed[secondBlock + LZ4BlockOutputStream.MAGIC_LENGTH + 9] ^= 1;
+
+    LZ4BlockInputStream in = lz4BlockInputStreamBuilder().build(new ByteArrayInputStream(compressed));
+    byte[] first = new byte[64];
+    assertEquals(64, in.readNBytes(first, 0, 64));
+    var e = assertThrows(IOException.class, in::read);
+    assertEquals("Stream is corrupted", e.getMessage());
+    assertFailedStream(in);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyAfterInvalidOriginalLength() throws IOException {
+    for (int originalLen : new int[] {-1, Integer.MAX_VALUE}) {
+      byte[] compressed = twoBlockStream();
+      final int secondBlock = LZ4BlockOutputStream.HEADER_LENGTH
+        + net.jpountz.util.SafeUtils.readIntLE(compressed, LZ4BlockOutputStream.MAGIC_LENGTH + 1);
+      ByteBuffer.wrap(compressed).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putInt(secondBlock + LZ4BlockOutputStream.MAGIC_LENGTH + 5, originalLen);
+
+      LZ4BlockInputStream in = lz4BlockInputStreamBuilder().build(new ByteArrayInputStream(compressed));
+      byte[] first = new byte[64];
+      assertEquals(64, in.readNBytes(first, 0, 64));
+      assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> in.read(new byte[16]));
+      assertFailedStream(in);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameIOStreamTest.java b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameIOStreamTest.java
index 3de8f2b..2cc18ff 100644
--- a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameIOStreamTest.java
+++ b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4FrameIOStreamTest.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import net.jpountz.xxhash.XXHashFactory;
-
 /**
  *
  */
@@ -868,6 +866,122 @@ public void testAvailable() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  private static byte[] compressFrame(byte[] data, LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits... bits) throws IOException {
+    final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try (OutputStream os = new LZ4FrameOutputStream(baos, LZ4FrameOutputStream.BLOCKSIZE.SIZE_64KB, bits)) {
+      os.write(data);
+    }
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  private static byte[] concat(byte[]... arrays) {
+    final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    for (byte[] a : arrays) {
+      baos.write(a, 0, a.length);
+    }
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  private static void assertFailedStream(LZ4FrameInputStream is) throws IOException {
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::read);
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> is.read(new byte[16]));
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> is.skip(1));
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::readAllBytes);
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> is.readNBytes(16));
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, is.available());
+    is.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyAfterDescriptorHashMismatch() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] frame1 = compressFrame("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE);
+    final byte[] frame2 = compressFrame("world".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE);
+    // magic (4), FLG, BD, then the header checksum
+    frame2[6] ^= 1;
+
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(concat(frame1, frame2)));
+    final byte[] first = new byte[5];
+    Assert.assertEquals(5, is.readNBytes(first, 0, 5));
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), first);
+    final IOException e = Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::read);
+    Assert.assertEquals(LZ4FrameInputStream.DESCRIPTOR_HASH_MISMATCH, e.getMessage());
+    // must not go on to return the data of the rejected frame
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyAfterSkippableFrameAndCorruptHeader() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] skippable = new byte[8];
+    ByteBuffer.wrap(skippable).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putInt(LZ4FrameInputStream.MAGIC_SKIPPABLE_BASE).putInt(0);
+    final byte[] frame = compressFrame("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE);
+    frame[6] ^= 1;
+
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(concat(skippable, frame)));
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::read);
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyAfterBlockChecksumMismatch() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] frame = compressFrame("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE,
+        LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_CHECKSUM);
+    // the frame ends with the block checksum (4) and the end mark (4)
+    frame[frame.length - 5] ^= 1;
+
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(frame));
+    final IOException e = Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::read);
+    Assert.assertEquals(LZ4FrameInputStream.BLOCK_HASH_MISMATCH, e.getMessage());
+    // must not silently drop the block and continue
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMalformedFirstHeaderThrowsIOException() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] frame = compressFrame("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE);
+    // set the reserved bit 0 in FLG
+    frame[4] |= 1;
+
+    // the header is read lazily, so construction must not fail
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(frame));
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::read);
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testLinkedBlocksFirstHeaderThrowsIOException() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] frame = compressFrame("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"), LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE);
+    // version 01, BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE cleared (linked blocks), with a valid descriptor checksum
+    frame[4] = 0x40;
+    frame[6] = (byte) ((XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().hash32().hash(frame, 4, 2, 0) >> 8) & 0xFF);
+
+    // the header is read lazily, so construction must not fail
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(frame), true);
+    assertInvalidDescriptor(Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::isExpectedContentSizeDefined));
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::getExpectedContentSize);
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailureIsStickyForExpectedContentSize() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] skippable = new byte[8];
+    ByteBuffer.wrap(skippable).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putInt(LZ4FrameInputStream.MAGIC_SKIPPABLE_BASE).putInt(0);
+    final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try (OutputStream os = new LZ4FrameOutputStream(baos, LZ4FrameOutputStream.BLOCKSIZE.SIZE_64KB, 5L,
+        LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE, LZ4FrameOutputStream.FLG.Bits.CONTENT_SIZE)) {
+      os.write("hello".getBytes("UTF-8"));
+    }
+    final byte[] frame = baos.toByteArray();
+    // magic (4), FLG, BD, content size (8), then the header checksum
+    frame[14] ^= 1;
+
+    final LZ4FrameInputStream is = new LZ4FrameInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(concat(skippable, frame)), true);
+    final IOException e = Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::getExpectedContentSize);
+    Assert.assertEquals(LZ4FrameInputStream.DESCRIPTOR_HASH_MISMATCH, e.getMessage());
+    // must not report the content size of the rejected frame
+    Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class, is::isExpectedContentSizeDefined);
+    assertFailedStream(is);
+  }
+
   private static byte[] frameHeader(int flg, int bd) {
     final byte[] descriptor = new byte[]{(byte) flg, (byte) bd};
     final byte hc = (byte) ((XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().hash32().hash(descriptor, 0, descriptor.length, 0) >> 8) & 0xFF);