diff --git a/src/osdc/Journaler.cc b/src/osdc/Journaler.cc
index af12e38..aa99c09 100644
--- a/src/osdc/Journaler.cc
+++ b/src/osdc/Journaler.cc
@@ -740,17 +740,26 @@ bool Journaler::try_read_entry(bufferlist& bl)
   dout(10) << "try_read_entry at " << read_pos << " reading "
           << read_pos << "~" << (sizeof(s)+s) << " (have " << read_buf.length() << ")" << dendl;

+  uint32_t read_offset = 0;
   if (s == 0) {
     derr(0) << "try_read_entry got 0 len entry at offset " << read_pos << dendl;
-    error = -EINVAL;
-    return false;
+    derr(0) << "ADVANCING to next non-zero point" << dendl;
+    bufferlist::iterator i = read_buf.begin();
+    char byte;
+    ::decode(byte, i);
+    while (byte == 0) {
+      ::decode(byte, i);
+    }
+    i.seek(i.get_off() - 1);
+    read_offset = i.get_off();
+    ::decode(s, i);
   }

   // do it
   assert(bl.length() == 0);
-  read_buf.splice(0, sizeof(s));
+  read_buf.splice(0, read_offset + sizeof(s));
   read_buf.splice(0, s, &bl);
-  read_pos += sizeof(s) + s;
+  read_pos += sizeof(s) + s + read_offset;

   // prefetch?
   _prefetch();