diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 0734bc200c..7917ad0c06 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -749,9 +749,14 @@ static int vmdk_parse_extents(const char *desc, BlockDriverState *bs,
                 return -EINVAL;
             }
         } else if (!strcmp(type, "VMFS")) {
-            flat_offset = 0;
+            if (ret == 4) {
+                flat_offset = 0;
+            } else {
+                error_setg(errp, "Invalid extent lines:\n%s", p);
+                return -EINVAL;
+            }
         } else if (ret != 4) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Invalid extent lines: \n%s", p);
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid extent lines:\n%s", p);
             return -EINVAL;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/059 b/tests/qemu-iotests/059
index 73941c3e61..65bea1d6c6 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/059
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/059
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ echo "=== Testing big twoGbMaxExtentFlat ==="
 IMGOPTS="subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" _make_test_img 1000G
 $QEMU_IMG info $TEST_IMG | _filter_testdir | sed -e 's/cid: [0-9]*/cid: XXXXXXXX/'
 
+echo
+echo "=== Testing malformed VMFS extent description line ==="
+cat >"$TEST_IMG" <<EOF
+# Disk DescriptorFile
+version=1
+CID=58ab4847
+parentCID=ffffffff
+createType="vmfs"
+
+# Extent description
+RW 12582912 VMFS "dummy.vmdk" 1
+EOF
+_img_info
+
 echo
 echo "=== Testing version 3 ==="
 _use_sample_img iotest-version3.vmdk.bz2
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/059.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/059.out
index 4ff935c6f4..16ab7c6c1f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/059.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/059.out
@@ -2038,6 +2038,11 @@ Format specific information:
             filename: TEST_DIR/t-f500.vmdk
             format: FLAT
 
+=== Testing malformed VMFS extent description line ===
+qemu-img: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT': Invalid extent lines:
+RW 12582912 VMFS "dummy.IMGFMT" 1
+
+
 === Testing version 3 ===
 image: TEST_DIR/iotest-version3.IMGFMT
 file format: IMGFMT