diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 3585e04a706..e94dcd34b7f 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ static char *get_midx_filename(const char *object_dir)
 	return xstrfmt("%s/pack/multi-pack-index", object_dir);
 }
 
+static int midx_read_oid_fanout(const unsigned char *chunk_start,
+				size_t chunk_size, void *data)
+{
+	struct multi_pack_index *m = data;
+	m->chunk_oid_fanout = (uint32_t *)chunk_start;
+
+	if (chunk_size != 4 * 256) {
+		error(_("multi-pack-index OID fanout is of the wrong size"));
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local)
 {
 	struct multi_pack_index *m = NULL;
@@ -65,6 +78,7 @@ struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local
 	char *midx_name = get_midx_filename(object_dir);
 	uint32_t i;
 	const char *cur_pack_name;
+	struct chunkfile *cf = NULL;
 
 	fd = git_open(midx_name);
 
@@ -114,58 +128,23 @@ struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local
 
 	m->num_packs = get_be32(m->data + MIDX_BYTE_NUM_PACKS);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < m->num_chunks; i++) {
-		uint32_t chunk_id = get_be32(m->data + MIDX_HEADER_SIZE +
-					     MIDX_CHUNKLOOKUP_WIDTH * i);
-		uint64_t chunk_offset = get_be64(m->data + MIDX_HEADER_SIZE + 4 +
-						 MIDX_CHUNKLOOKUP_WIDTH * i);
-
-		if (chunk_offset >= m->data_len)
-			die(_("invalid chunk offset (too large)"));
-
-		switch (chunk_id) {
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES:
-				m->chunk_pack_names = m->data + chunk_offset;
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT:
-				m->chunk_oid_fanout = (uint32_t *)(m->data + chunk_offset);
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP:
-				m->chunk_oid_lookup = m->data + chunk_offset;
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS:
-				m->chunk_object_offsets = m->data + chunk_offset;
-				break;
-
-			case MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS:
-				m->chunk_large_offsets = m->data + chunk_offset;
-				break;
-
-			case 0:
-				die(_("terminating multi-pack-index chunk id appears earlier than expected"));
-				break;
-
-			default:
-				/*
-				 * Do nothing on unrecognized chunks, allowing future
-				 * extensions to add optional chunks.
-				 */
-				break;
-		}
-	}
+	cf = init_chunkfile(NULL);
 
-	if (!m->chunk_pack_names)
+	if (read_table_of_contents(cf, m->data, midx_size,
+				   MIDX_HEADER_SIZE, m->num_chunks))
+		goto cleanup_fail;
+
+	if (pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_PACKNAMES, &m->chunk_pack_names) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
 		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required pack-name chunk"));
-	if (!m->chunk_oid_fanout)
+	if (read_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT, midx_read_oid_fanout, m) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
 		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required OID fanout chunk"));
-	if (!m->chunk_oid_lookup)
+	if (pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP, &m->chunk_oid_lookup) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
 		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required OID lookup chunk"));
-	if (!m->chunk_object_offsets)
+	if (pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS, &m->chunk_object_offsets) == CHUNK_NOT_FOUND)
 		die(_("multi-pack-index missing required object offsets chunk"));
 
+	pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS, &m->chunk_large_offsets);
+
 	m->num_objects = ntohl(m->chunk_oid_fanout[255]);
 
 	m->pack_names = xcalloc(m->num_packs, sizeof(*m->pack_names));
diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
index 297de502a94..ad4e878b65b 100755
--- a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ test_expect_success 'verify bad OID version' '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify truncated chunk count' '
 	corrupt_midx_and_verify $MIDX_BYTE_CHUNK_COUNT "\01" $objdir \
-		"missing required"
+		"final chunk has non-zero id"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify extended chunk count' '
 	corrupt_midx_and_verify $MIDX_BYTE_CHUNK_COUNT "\07" $objdir \
-		"terminating multi-pack-index chunk id appears earlier than expected"
+		"terminating chunk id appears earlier than expected"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify missing required chunk' '
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ test_expect_success 'verify missing required chunk' '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify invalid chunk offset' '
 	corrupt_midx_and_verify $MIDX_BYTE_CHUNK_OFFSET "\01" $objdir \
-		"invalid chunk offset (too large)"
+		"improper chunk offset(s)"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify packnames out of order' '
