diff --git a/compress.c b/compress.c
index 237620d..76adee6 100644
--- a/compress.c
+++ b/compress.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ void sendMTFValues ( EState* s )
 
    AssertH( nGroups < 8, 3002 );
    AssertH( nSelectors < 32768 &&
-            nSelectors <= (2 + (900000 / BZ_G_SIZE)),
+            nSelectors <= BZ_MAX_SELECTORS,
             3003 );
 
 
diff --git a/decompress.c b/decompress.c
index 20ce493..3303499 100644
--- a/decompress.c
+++ b/decompress.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Int32 BZ2_decompress ( DState* s )
       GET_BITS(BZ_X_SELECTOR_1, nGroups, 3);
       if (nGroups < 2 || nGroups > BZ_N_GROUPS) RETURN(BZ_DATA_ERROR);
       GET_BITS(BZ_X_SELECTOR_2, nSelectors, 15);
-      if (nSelectors < 1 || nSelectors > BZ_MAX_SELECTORS) RETURN(BZ_DATA_ERROR);
+      if (nSelectors < 1) RETURN(BZ_DATA_ERROR);
       for (i = 0; i < nSelectors; i++) {
          j = 0;
          while (True) {
@@ -296,8 +296,14 @@ Int32 BZ2_decompress ( DState* s )
             j++;
             if (j >= nGroups) RETURN(BZ_DATA_ERROR);
          }
-         s->selectorMtf[i] = j;
+         /* Having more than BZ_MAX_SELECTORS doesn't make much sense
+            since they will never be used, but some implementations might
+            "round up" the number of selectors, so just ignore those. */
+         if (i < BZ_MAX_SELECTORS)
+           s->selectorMtf[i] = j;
       }
+      if (nSelectors > BZ_MAX_SELECTORS)
+        nSelectors = BZ_MAX_SELECTORS;
 
       /*--- Undo the MTF values for the selectors. ---*/
       {