diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index 46bcf6ff..54ae59f5 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static void process_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, char *buf, uint32_t msglen)
 	char *msg, *bkey = NULL;
 	int64_t client_id;
 	json_t *json_msg;
-	int len;
+	uint32_t len;
 
 	len = strlen(buf);
 	if (likely(len > 4)) {
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@ static void process_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, char *buf, uint32_t msglen)
 		return;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(bkey)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Bkey should be at %d, msglen %u", len + 1, msglen);
-		json_append_bkeys(json_msg, bkey);
+		len = msglen - (bkey - buf);
+		json_append_bkeys(json_msg, bkey, len);
 	}
 
 	/* Extract the client id from the json message and remove its entry */
diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index 09561daf..857d80c0 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -1406,16 +1406,17 @@ void _bkey_add_bin(char **bkey, const char *key, const char *bin, const int blen
 	*lenptr = htole32(newlen);
 }
 
-void _json_append_bkeys(json_t *val, const char *bkey, const char *file, const char *func, const int line)
+bool _json_append_bkeys(json_t *val, const char *bkey, const uint32_t len, const char *file,
+			const char *func, const int line)
 {
 	uint32_t ofs = BKEY_LENOFS + BKEY_LENLEN;
 	uint32_t msglen;
 
 	msglen = bkey_len(bkey);
 	if (unlikely(!msglen || msglen > 0x80000000)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Invalid msglen %u sent to json_append_bkey from %s %s:%d",
-			   msglen, file, func, line);
-		return;
+		LOGDEBUG("Invalid msglen %u sent to json_append_bkey from %s %s:%d",
+			 msglen, file, func, line);
+		return false;
 	}
 	while (ofs < msglen) {
 		uint32_t binlen, *lenptr;
@@ -1425,16 +1426,32 @@ void _json_append_bkeys(json_t *val, const char *bkey, const char *file, const c
 		key = bkey + ofs;
 		LOGDEBUG("Found key %s @ ofs %u", key, ofs);
 		ofs += strlen(key) + 1;
+		if (unlikely(ofs >= len)) {
+			LOGDEBUG("Unable to seek to bkey offset %u beyond length %d",
+				 ofs, len);
+			return false;
+		}
 		lenptr = (uint32_t *)(bkey + ofs);
 		binlen = le32toh(*lenptr);
 		LOGDEBUG("Found binlen %u @ ofs %u", binlen, ofs);
 		ofs += BKEY_LENLEN;
+		if (unlikely(ofs >= len)) {
+			LOGDEBUG("Unable to seek to bkey offset %u beyond length %d",
+				 ofs, len);
+			return false;
+		}
 		hex = bin2hex(bkey + ofs, binlen);
 		LOGDEBUG("Found hex %s @ ofs %u", hex, ofs);
 		json_set_string(val, key, hex);
 		free(hex);
 		ofs += binlen;
+		if (unlikely(ofs >= len)) {
+			LOGDEBUG("Unable to seek to bkey offset %u beyond length %d",
+				 ofs, len);
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index 65ba9fb1..03e0b69f 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ void _bkey_add_hex(char **bkey, const char *key, const char *hex, const char *fi
 #define bkey_add_hex(bkey, key, hex) _bkey_add_hex(&(bkey), key, hex, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 void _bkey_add_bin(char **bkey, const char *key, const char *bin, const int blen, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 #define bkey_add_bin(bkey, key, bin) _bkey_add_bin(&(bkey), key, bin, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
-void _json_append_bkeys(json_t *val, const char *bkey, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
-#define json_append_bkeys(val, bkey) _json_append_bkeys(val, bkey, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
+bool _json_append_bkeys(json_t *val, const char *bkey, const uint32_t len, const char *file,
+			const char *func, const int line);
+#define json_append_bkeys(val, bkey, len) _json_append_bkeys(val, bkey, len, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 
 
 void _json_check(json_t *val, json_error_t *err, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);