diff --git a/src/network/mcpe/protocol/types/entity/CompoundTagMetadataProperty.php b/src/network/mcpe/protocol/types/entity/CompoundTagMetadataProperty.php
index 705779fd8..4c1c73841 100644
--- a/src/network/mcpe/protocol/types/entity/CompoundTagMetadataProperty.php
+++ b/src/network/mcpe/protocol/types/entity/CompoundTagMetadataProperty.php
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\entity;
 
+use pocketmine\nbt\NbtDataException;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\TreeRoot;
+use pocketmine\network\BadPacketException;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\serializer\NetworkBinaryStream;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\serializer\NetworkNbtSerializer;
 
@@ -54,11 +56,21 @@ final class CompoundTagMetadataProperty implements MetadataProperty{
 		return $other instanceof self and $other->value->equals($this->value);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param NetworkBinaryStream $in
+	 *
+	 * @return self
+	 * @throws BadPacketException
+	 */
 	public static function read(NetworkBinaryStream $in) : self{
 		$offset = $in->getOffset();
-		$result = new self((new NetworkNbtSerializer())->read($in->getBuffer(), $offset, 512)->getTag());
+		try{
+			$tag = (new NetworkNbtSerializer())->read($in->getBuffer(), $offset, 512)->mustGetCompoundTag();
+		}catch(NbtDataException $e){
+			throw new BadPacketException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
+		}
 		$in->setOffset($offset);
-		return $result;
+		return new self($tag);
 	}
 
 	public function write(NetworkBinaryStream $out) : void{