diff --git a/storage/local/chunk/delta.go b/storage/local/chunk/delta.go
index 2be00cce9..4e3fd0645 100644
--- a/storage/local/chunk/delta.go
+++ b/storage/local/chunk/delta.go
@@ -238,27 +238,36 @@ func (c *deltaEncodedChunk) Unmarshal(r io.Reader) error {
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, *c); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	l := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16((*c)[deltaHeaderBufLenOffset:])
-	if int(l) > cap(*c) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
-	}
-	if int(l) < deltaHeaderBytes {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, deltaHeaderBytes)
-	}
-	*c = (*c)[:l]
-	return nil
+	return c.setLen()
 }
 
 // UnmarshalFromBuf implements chunk.
 func (c *deltaEncodedChunk) UnmarshalFromBuf(buf []byte) error {
 	*c = (*c)[:cap(*c)]
 	copy(*c, buf)
+	return c.setLen()
+}
+
+// setLen sets the length of the underlying slice and performs some sanity checks.
+func (c *deltaEncodedChunk) setLen() error {
 	l := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16((*c)[deltaHeaderBufLenOffset:])
 	if int(l) > cap(*c) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
+		return fmt.Errorf("delta chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
 	}
 	if int(l) < deltaHeaderBytes {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, deltaHeaderBytes)
+		return fmt.Errorf("delta chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, deltaHeaderBytes)
+	}
+	switch c.timeBytes() {
+	case d1, d2, d4, d8:
+		// Pass.
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of time bytes in delta chunk: %d", c.timeBytes())
+	}
+	switch c.valueBytes() {
+	case d0, d1, d2, d4, d8:
+		// Pass.
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of value bytes in delta chunk: %d", c.valueBytes())
 	}
 	*c = (*c)[:l]
 	return nil
diff --git a/storage/local/chunk/delta_test.go b/storage/local/chunk/delta_test.go
index 357929574..09fd35c21 100644
--- a/storage/local/chunk/delta_test.go
+++ b/storage/local/chunk/delta_test.go
@@ -32,21 +32,20 @@ func TestUnmarshalingCorruptedDeltaReturnsAnError(t *testing.T) {
 		err error,
 		chunkTypeName string,
 		unmarshalMethod string,
-		badLen int) {
+		expectedStr string,
+	) {
 
 		if err == nil {
-			t.Errorf("Failed to obtain an error when unmarshalling %s (from %s) with corrupt length of %d", chunkTypeName, unmarshalMethod, badLen)
+			t.Errorf("Failed to obtain an error when unmarshalling corrupt %s (from %s)", chunkTypeName, unmarshalMethod)
 			return
 		}
 
-		expectedStr := "header size"
 		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), expectedStr) {
 			t.Errorf(
-				"'%s' not present in error when unmarshalling %s (from %s) with corrupt length %d: '%s'",
+				"'%s' not present in error when unmarshalling corrupt %s (from %s): '%s'",
 				expectedStr,
 				chunkTypeName,
 				unmarshalMethod,
-				badLen,
 				err.Error())
 		}
 	}
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalingCorruptedDeltaReturnsAnError(t *testing.T) {
 		chunkConstructor func(deltaBytes, deltaBytes, bool, int) Chunk
 		minHeaderLen     int
 		chunkLenPos      int
+		timeBytesPos     int
 	}{
 		{
 			chunkTypeName: "deltaEncodedChunk",
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalingCorruptedDeltaReturnsAnError(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			minHeaderLen: deltaHeaderBytes,
 			chunkLenPos:  deltaHeaderBufLenOffset,
+			timeBytesPos: deltaHeaderTimeBytesOffset,
 		},
 		{
 			chunkTypeName: "doubleDeltaEncodedChunk",
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalingCorruptedDeltaReturnsAnError(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			minHeaderLen: doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes,
 			chunkLenPos:  doubleDeltaHeaderBufLenOffset,
+			timeBytesPos: doubleDeltaHeaderTimeBytesOffset,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
@@ -89,15 +91,26 @@ func TestUnmarshalingCorruptedDeltaReturnsAnError(t *testing.T) {
 
 		cs[0].MarshalToBuf(buf)
 
+		// Corrupt time byte to 0, which is illegal.
+		buf[c.timeBytesPos] = 0
+		err = cs[0].UnmarshalFromBuf(buf)
+		verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "buf", "invalid number of time bytes")
+
+		err = cs[0].Unmarshal(bytes.NewBuffer(buf))
+		verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "Reader", "invalid number of time bytes")
+
+		// Fix the corruption to go on.
+		buf[c.timeBytesPos] = byte(d1)
+
 		// Corrupt the length to be every possible too-small value
 		for i := 0; i < c.minHeaderLen; i++ {
 			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint16(buf[c.chunkLenPos:], uint16(i))
 
 			err = cs[0].UnmarshalFromBuf(buf)
-			verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "buf", i)
+			verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "buf", "header size")
 
 			err = cs[0].Unmarshal(bytes.NewBuffer(buf))
-			verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "Reader", i)
+			verifyUnmarshallingError(err, c.chunkTypeName, "Reader", "header size")
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/storage/local/chunk/doubledelta.go b/storage/local/chunk/doubledelta.go
index 2a1221461..249c99d54 100644
--- a/storage/local/chunk/doubledelta.go
+++ b/storage/local/chunk/doubledelta.go
@@ -247,28 +247,36 @@ func (c *doubleDeltaEncodedChunk) Unmarshal(r io.Reader) error {
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, *c); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	l := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16((*c)[doubleDeltaHeaderBufLenOffset:])
-	if int(l) > cap(*c) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
-	}
-	if int(l) < doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes)
-	}
-
-	*c = (*c)[:l]
-	return nil
+	return c.setLen()
 }
 
 // UnmarshalFromBuf implements chunk.
 func (c *doubleDeltaEncodedChunk) UnmarshalFromBuf(buf []byte) error {
 	*c = (*c)[:cap(*c)]
 	copy(*c, buf)
+	return c.setLen()
+}
+
+// setLen sets the length of the underlying slice and performs some sanity checks.
+func (c *doubleDeltaEncodedChunk) setLen() error {
 	l := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16((*c)[doubleDeltaHeaderBufLenOffset:])
 	if int(l) > cap(*c) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
+		return fmt.Errorf("doubledelta chunk length exceeded during unmarshaling: %d", l)
 	}
 	if int(l) < doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes)
+		return fmt.Errorf("doubledelta chunk length less than header size: %d < %d", l, doubleDeltaHeaderMinBytes)
+	}
+	switch c.timeBytes() {
+	case d1, d2, d4, d8:
+		// Pass.
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of time bytes in doubledelta chunk: %d", c.timeBytes())
+	}
+	switch c.valueBytes() {
+	case d0, d1, d2, d4, d8:
+		// Pass.
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of value bytes in doubledelta chunk: %d", c.valueBytes())
 	}
 	*c = (*c)[:l]
 	return nil