diff --git a/Quake/gl_draw.c b/Quake/gl_draw.c
index bd45bd70..8de27f57 100644
--- a/Quake/gl_draw.c
+++ b/Quake/gl_draw.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ qpic_t *Draw_PicFromWad2 (const char *name, unsigned int texflags)
 	}
 	if (info->type != TYP_QPIC) {Con_SafePrintf ("Draw_PicFromWad: lump \"%s\" is not a qpic\n", name); return pic_nul;}
 	if (info->size < sizeof(int)*2) {Con_SafePrintf ("Draw_PicFromWad: pic \"%s\" is too small for its qpic header (%u bytes)\n", name, info->size); return pic_nul;}
-	if (8+p->width*p->height < info->size) Sys_Error ("Draw_PicFromWad: pic \"%s\" truncated (%u*%u requires %u bytes)\n", name, p->width,p->height, 8+p->width*p->height);
+	if (info->size < sizeof(int)*2+p->width*p->height) {Con_SafePrintf ("Draw_PicFromWad: pic \"%s\" truncated (%u*%u requires %u at least bytes)\n", name, p->width,p->height, 8+p->width*p->height); return pic_nul;}
+	if (info->size > sizeof(int)*2+p->width*p->height) Con_DPrintf ("Draw_PicFromWad: pic \"%s\" over-sized (%u*%u requires only %u bytes)\n", name, p->width,p->height, 8+p->width*p->height);
 
 	//Spike -- if we're loading external images, and one exists, then use that instead.
 	if (draw_load24bit && (gl.gltexture=TexMgr_LoadImage (NULL, name, 0, 0, SRC_EXTERNAL, NULL, va("gfx/%s", name), 0, texflags|TEXPREF_MIPMAP|TEXPREF_ALLOWMISSING)))