diff --git a/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/trie/TrieRangeFilter.java b/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/trie/TrieRangeFilter.java
index d59a825e6fa..a4f9971550a 100644
--- a/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/trie/TrieRangeFilter.java
+++ b/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/trie/TrieRangeFilter.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public final class TrieRangeFilter extends Filter {
     this.max=(max==null) ? trieVariant.TRIE_CODED_NUMERIC_MAX : (
       maxInclusive ? max : variant.decrementTrieCoded(max)
     );
+    // check encoded values
+    if (
+      this.min.length() != trieVariant.TRIE_CODED_LENGTH ||
+      this.max.length() != trieVariant.TRIE_CODED_LENGTH
+    ) throw new NumberFormatException("Invalid trie encoded numerical value representation (incompatible length).");
   }
 
   /**