diff --git a/changes/bug24099 b/changes/bug24099
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dca3992664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug24099
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (directory cache):
+    - Recover better from empty or corrupt files in the consensus cache
+      directory. Fixes bug 24099; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
+
diff --git a/src/or/conscache.c b/src/or/conscache.c
index 9e13ce8e43..4919dba3d2 100644
--- a/src/or/conscache.c
+++ b/src/or/conscache.c
@@ -539,9 +539,16 @@ consensus_cache_rescan(consensus_cache_t *cache)
     map = storage_dir_map_labeled(cache->dir, fname,
                                   &labels, &body, &bodylen);
     if (! map) {
-      /* Can't load this; continue */
-      log_warn(LD_FS, "Unable to map file %s from consensus cache: %s",
-               escaped(fname), strerror(errno));
+      if (errno == ERANGE || errno == EINVAL) {
+        log_warn(LD_FS, "Found %s file %s in consensus cache; removing it.",
+                 errno == ERANGE ? "empty" : "misformatted",
+                 escaped(fname));
+        storage_dir_remove_file(cache->dir, fname);
+      } else {
+        /* Can't load this; continue */
+        log_warn(LD_FS, "Unable to map file %s from consensus cache: %s",
+                 escaped(fname), strerror(errno));
+      }
       continue;
     }
     consensus_cache_entry_t *ent =