diff --git a/dbc/dbc_classes.cpp b/dbc/dbc_classes.cpp
index 67c2bf8..7d8f013 100644
--- a/dbc/dbc_classes.cpp
+++ b/dbc/dbc_classes.cpp
@@ -67,22 +67,12 @@ bool DBC_SIGNAL::processAsText(const CANFrame &frame, QString &outString)
     if (valType == SIGNED_INT) isSigned = true;
     if (valType == SIGNED_INT || valType == UNSIGNED_INT)
     {
-        if ( frame.len*8 < (startBit+signalSize) )
-        {
-            result = 0;
-            return false;
-        }
         result = Utility::processIntegerSignal(frame.data, startBit, signalSize, intelByteOrder, isSigned);
         endResult = ((double)result * factor) + bias;
         result = (int64_t)endResult;
     }
     else if (valType == SP_FLOAT)
     {
-        if ( frame.len*8 < (startBit+32) )
-        {
-            result = 0;
-            return false;
-        }
         //The theory here is that we force the integer signal code to treat this as
         //a 32 bit unsigned integer. This integer is then cast into a float in such a way
         //that the bytes that make up the integer are instead treated as having made up
diff --git a/utility.h b/utility.h
index 09ec074..ec62b7e 100644
--- a/utility.h
+++ b/utility.h
@@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ public:
             bit = startBit;
             for (int bitpos = 0; bitpos < sigSize; bitpos++)
             {
-                if (data[bit / 8] & (1 << (bit % 8)))
-                    result += (1ULL << bitpos);
+                if (bit < 64) {
+                    if (data[bit / 8] & (1 << (bit % 8)))
+                        result += (1ULL << bitpos);
+                }
                 bit++;
             }
         }
@@ -199,8 +201,10 @@ public:
             bit = startBit;
             for (int bitpos = 0; bitpos < sigSize; bitpos++)
             {
-                if (data[bit / 8] & (1 << (bit % 8)))
-                    result += (1ULL << (sigSize - bitpos - 1));
+                if (bit < 64) {
+                    if (data[bit / 8] & (1 << (bit % 8)))
+                        result += (1ULL << (sigSize - bitpos - 1));
+                }
 
                 if ((bit % 8) == 0)
                     bit += 15;