diff --git a/block/bochs.c b/block/bochs.c
index 50b84a91f3..eacf956e7d 100644
--- a/block/bochs.c
+++ b/block/bochs.c
@@ -148,8 +148,14 @@ static int bochs_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     s->extent_blocks = 1 + (le32_to_cpu(bochs.extent) - 1) / 512;
 
     s->extent_size = le32_to_cpu(bochs.extent);
-    if (s->extent_size == 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Extent size may not be zero");
+    if (s->extent_size < BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+        /* bximage actually never creates extents smaller than 4k */
+        error_setg(errp, "Extent size must be at least 512");
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto fail;
+    } else if (!is_power_of_2(s->extent_size)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Extent size %" PRIu32 " is not a power of two",
+                   s->extent_size);
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto fail;
     } else if (s->extent_size > 0x800000) {
@@ -159,7 +165,9 @@ static int bochs_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    if (s->catalog_size < bs->total_sectors / s->extent_size) {
+    if (s->catalog_size < DIV_ROUND_UP(bs->total_sectors,
+                                       s->extent_size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE))
+    {
         error_setg(errp, "Catalog size is too small for this disk size");
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto fail;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/078 b/tests/qemu-iotests/078
index 872e734cab..d4d6da7b09 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/078
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/078
@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ _use_sample_img empty.bochs.bz2
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$disk_size_offset" "\x00\xc0\x0f\x00\x00\x00\x00\x7f"
 { $QEMU_IO -c "read 2T 4k" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
 
+_use_sample_img empty.bochs.bz2
+poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$catalog_size_offset" "\x10\x00\x00\x00"
+{ $QEMU_IO -c "read 0xfbe00 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
+
 echo
 echo "== Negative extent size =="
 _use_sample_img empty.bochs.bz2
-poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$extent_size_offset" "\xff\xff\xff\xff"
+poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$extent_size_offset" "\x00\x00\x00\x80"
 { $QEMU_IO -c "read 768k 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
 
 echo
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out
index ea95ffdbb8..ca18d2ea38 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ no file open, try 'help open'
 == Too small catalog bitmap for image size ==
 qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Catalog size is too small for this disk size
 no file open, try 'help open'
+qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Catalog size is too small for this disk size
+no file open, try 'help open'
 
 == Negative extent size ==
-qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Extent size 4294967295 is too large
+qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Extent size 2147483648 is too large
 no file open, try 'help open'
 
 == Zero extent size ==
-qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Extent size may not be zero
+qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/empty.bochs: Extent size must be at least 512
 no file open, try 'help open'
 *** done