diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/AntiforgeryValidationException.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/AntiforgeryValidationException.cs
index b2fb6e9618..f1ade05d34 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/AntiforgeryValidationException.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/AntiforgeryValidationException.cs
@@ -12,12 +12,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="AntiforgeryValidationException"/> with the specified
-        /// exception <paramref name="message"/>.
+        /// exception message.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
         public AntiforgeryValidationException(string message)
             : base(message)
         {
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="AntiforgeryValidationException"/> with the specified
+        /// exception message and inner exception.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
+        /// <param name="innerException">The inner <see cref="Exception"/>.</param>
+        public AntiforgeryValidationException(string message, Exception innerException)
+            : base(message, innerException)
+        {
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/AntiforgeryLoggerExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/AntiforgeryLoggerExtensions.cs
index 0c8ef5ccfd..232279e4be 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/AntiforgeryLoggerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/AntiforgeryLoggerExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
 {
     internal static class AntiforgeryLoggerExtensions
     {
+        private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _failedToDeserialzeTokens;
         private static readonly Action<ILogger, string, Exception> _validationFailed;
         private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _validated;
         private static readonly Action<ILogger, string, Exception> _missingCookieToken;
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
                  "The 'Cache-Control' and 'Pragma' headers have been overridden and set to 'no-cache, no-store' and " +
                 "'no-cache' respectively to prevent caching of this response. Any response that uses antiforgery " +
                 "should not be cached.");
+            _failedToDeserialzeTokens = LoggerMessage.Define(
+                LogLevel.Debug,
+                9,
+                "Failed to deserialize antiforgery tokens.");
         }
 
         public static void ValidationFailed(this ILogger logger, string message)
@@ -95,5 +100,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
         {
             _responseCacheHeadersOverridenToNoCache(logger, null);
         }
+
+        public static void FailedToDeserialzeTokens(this ILogger logger, Exception exception)
+        {
+            _failedToDeserialzeTokens(logger, exception);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
index ae28906069..24aa3cb7d3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgery.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
             // Extract cookie & request tokens
             AntiforgeryToken deserializedCookieToken;
             AntiforgeryToken deserializedRequestToken;
-            DeserializeTokens(httpContext, tokens, out deserializedCookieToken, out deserializedRequestToken);
+            if (!TryDeserializeTokens(httpContext, tokens, out deserializedCookieToken, out deserializedRequestToken))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
             // Validate
             string message;
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
             // Extract cookie & request tokens
             AntiforgeryToken deserializedCookieToken;
             AntiforgeryToken deserializedRequestToken;
+
             DeserializeTokens(
                 httpContext,
                 antiforgeryTokenSet,
@@ -430,6 +434,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
                 _options.HeaderName);
         }
 
+        private bool TryDeserializeTokens(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
+            AntiforgeryTokenSet antiforgeryTokenSet,
+            out AntiforgeryToken cookieToken,
+            out AntiforgeryToken requestToken)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                DeserializeTokens(httpContext, antiforgeryTokenSet, out cookieToken, out requestToken);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (AntiforgeryValidationException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.FailedToDeserialzeTokens(ex);
+
+                cookieToken = null;
+                requestToken = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         private void DeserializeTokens(
             HttpContext httpContext,
             AntiforgeryTokenSet antiforgeryTokenSet,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializer.cs
index 474b2fd7a9..d71f2a2185 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializer.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
             }
 
             // if we reached this point, something went wrong deserializing
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.AntiforgeryToken_DeserializationFailed, innerException);
+            throw new AntiforgeryValidationException(Resources.AntiforgeryToken_DeserializationFailed, innerException);
         }
 
         /* The serialized format of the anti-XSRF token is as follows:
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializerTest.cs
index 80280de4f3..88ce09b4e2 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Test/Internal/DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializerTest.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.Internal
             var testSerializer = new DefaultAntiforgeryTokenSerializer(_dataProtector.Object, _pool);
 
             // Act & assert
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => testSerializer.Deserialize(serializedToken));
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<AntiforgeryValidationException>(() => testSerializer.Deserialize(serializedToken));
             Assert.Equal(@"The antiforgery token could not be decrypted.", ex.Message);
         }