diff --git a/core/src/ser.rs b/core/src/ser.rs
index 4a4648f09..34e07d271 100644
--- a/core/src/ser.rs
+++ b/core/src/ser.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use core::hash::{Hash, Hashed};
 use keychain::{BlindingFactor, Identifier, IDENTIFIER_SIZE};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+use std::marker;
 use std::{cmp, error, fmt};
 use util::secp::constants::{
 	AGG_SIGNATURE_SIZE, MAX_PROOF_SIZE, PEDERSEN_COMMITMENT_SIZE, SECRET_KEY_SIZE,
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ pub enum Error {
 	},
 	/// Data wasn't in a consumable format
 	CorruptedData,
+	/// Incorrect number of elements (when deserializing a vec via read_multi say).
+	CountError,
 	/// When asked to read too much data
 	TooLargeReadErr,
 	/// Consensus rule failure (currently sort order)
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
 				received: ref r,
 			} => write!(f, "expected {:?}, got {:?}", e, r),
 			Error::CorruptedData => f.write_str("corrupted data"),
+			Error::CountError => f.write_str("count error"),
 			Error::TooLargeReadErr => f.write_str("too large read"),
 			Error::ConsensusError(ref e) => write!(f, "consensus error {:?}", e),
 			Error::HexError(ref e) => write!(f, "hex error {:?}", e),
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
 			Error::IOErr(ref e, _) => e,
 			Error::UnexpectedData { .. } => "unexpected data",
 			Error::CorruptedData => "corrupted data",
+			Error::CountError => "count error",
 			Error::TooLargeReadErr => "too large read",
 			Error::ConsensusError(_) => "consensus error (sort order)",
 			Error::HexError(_) => "hex error",
@@ -201,10 +206,44 @@ pub trait Writeable {
 	fn write<W: Writer>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), Error>;
 }
 
+struct IteratingReader<'a, T> {
+	count: u64,
+	curr: u64,
+	reader: &'a mut Reader,
+	_marker: marker::PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> IteratingReader<'a, T> {
+	fn new(reader: &'a mut Reader, count: u64) -> IteratingReader<'a, T> {
+		let curr = 0;
+		IteratingReader {
+			count,
+			curr,
+			reader,
+			_marker: marker::PhantomData,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> Iterator for IteratingReader<'a, T>
+where
+	T: Readable,
+{
+	type Item = T;
+
+	fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
+		if self.curr >= self.count {
+			return None;
+		}
+		self.curr += 1;
+		T::read(self.reader).ok()
+	}
+}
+
 /// Reads multiple serialized items into a Vec.
 pub fn read_multi<T>(reader: &mut Reader, count: u64) -> Result<Vec<T>, Error>
 where
-	T: Readable + Hashed + Writeable,
+	T: Readable,
 {
 	// Very rudimentary check to ensure we do not overflow anything
 	// attempting to read huge amounts of data.
@@ -213,8 +252,11 @@ where
 		return Err(Error::TooLargeReadErr);
 	}
 
-	let result: Vec<T> = try!((0..count).map(|_| T::read(reader)).collect());
-	Ok(result)
+	let res: Vec<T> = IteratingReader::new(reader, count).collect();
+	if res.len() as u64 != count {
+		return Err(Error::CountError);
+	}
+	Ok(res)
 }
 
 /// Trait that every type that can be deserialized from binary must implement.