diff --git a/engine/client/cl_tent.c b/engine/client/cl_tent.c
index 97bb7b74..761b19c6 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_tent.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_tent.c
@@ -1900,7 +1900,11 @@ void CL_ParseTempEntity( sizebuf_t *msg, connprotocol_t proto )
 
 		// this will probably be fatal anyway
 		if( iSize > sizeof( msg_data ))
+		{
 			Con_Printf( S_ERROR "%s: Temp buffer overflow!\n", __func__ );
+			MSG_SeekToBit( msg, iSize << 3, SEEK_CUR );
+			return;
+		}
 
 		// parse user message into buffer
 		MSG_ReadBytes( msg, msg_data, iSize );