diff --git a/quest/m1/README.md b/quest/m1/README.md
index 8498025f09..59422c6ad9 100644
--- a/quest/m1/README.md
+++ b/quest/m1/README.md
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ bench all require its crate.
 - [T-STD TS export](/quest/m1/tstd/README.md) - `moq export ts` is a proper remux that passes the T-STD buffer model, starting with a fixed `--delay`
 - [Multi-packet PMT](/quest/m1/ts-pmt-split.md) - `export ts` splits a PMT longer than one packet instead of exiting before its first packet
 - [TS damage log](/quest/m1/ts-damage-log.md) - a burst of damaged TS units logs a first warning and a periodic summary per PID, not one warning per unit
-- [TS adaptation field length](/quest/m1/ts-adaptation-only.md) - a TS adaptation field with the wrong length for its packet (183 adaptation-only, at most 182 with a payload) is refused as damage
 - [Rust non-continuous signal](/quest/m1/rust-continuous.md) - the Rust container consumer reports a frame after a subscribe or discontinuity as non-continuous, like JS, for the tune-in and warmup trims
 - [Open-GOP leading pictures](/quest/m1/open-gop-leading-pictures.md) - a viewer joining at a recovery point drops the leading pictures it cannot decode; continuous viewers keep them
 - [Watch decode errors](/quest/m1/watch-decode-error.md) - a WebCodecs error ends the subscription and the element reports it
diff --git a/quest/m1/ts-adaptation-only.md b/quest/m1/ts-adaptation-only.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 038dbd8a5c..0000000000
--- a/quest/m1/ts-adaptation-only.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# [XS] A TS adaptation field must fit its packet
-
-## Goal
-
-`adaptation_valid` (`rs/moq-mux/src/container/ts/import.rs`) refuses an
-adaptation-only packet (`adaptation_field_control == 0b10`) whose adaptation
-field length is not 183, and a packet with both (`0b11`) whose field is longer
-than 182, as ISO 13818-1 requires, so either is treated as damage like any
-other malformed adaptation field. Lands on `main` first, then is
-cherry-picked to `release`.
-
-## Plan
-
-Found reviewing #5124. Add a regression test covering both boundaries,
-on a media PID and on the PCR PID.
-
-Public API: none. Wire: none.
diff --git a/rs/moq-mux/src/container/ts/import.rs b/rs/moq-mux/src/container/ts/import.rs
index 56b0e02534..3dd62ef1e8 100644
--- a/rs/moq-mux/src/container/ts/import.rs
+++ b/rs/moq-mux/src/container/ts/import.rs
@@ -1631,6 +1631,11 @@ pub(super) fn adaptation_valid(pkt: &[u8; TsPacket::SIZE]) -> bool {
 	if pkt[3] & 0x20 == 0 {
 		return true;
 	}
+	// Without payload the adaptation field fills the packet; with payload it leaves a byte.
+	let length = usize::from(pkt[4]);
+	if (pkt[3] & 0x10 == 0 && length != 183) || (pkt[3] & 0x10 != 0 && length > 182) {
+		return false;
+	}
 	let Some(field) = pkt.get(5..5 + usize::from(pkt[4])) else {
 		return false;
 	};
@@ -6824,6 +6829,60 @@ pub(super) mod test {
 		damaged_sps_keeps_the_last_good_parameter_sets(StreamType::H265).await;
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn adaptation_lengths_obey_the_packet_control() {
+		for (control, length, valid) in [
+			(0b10, 0, false),
+			(0b10, 182, false),
+			(0b10, 183, true),
+			(0b10, 184, false),
+			(0b11, 0, true),
+			(0b11, 182, true),
+			(0b11, 183, false),
+			(0b11, 184, false),
+		] {
+			let mut packet: [u8; TsPacket::SIZE] = clock_break_packet(VIDEO).try_into().unwrap();
+			packet[3] = control << 4;
+			packet[4] = length;
+			packet[5] = 0;
+			assert_eq!(
+				super::adaptation_valid(&packet),
+				valid,
+				"control={control:b} length={length}"
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn invalid_adaptation_lengths_damage_media_and_dedicated_clock_pids() {
+		const PCR: u16 = 0x0200;
+		for pid in [VIDEO, PCR] {
+			for (control, length) in [(0b10, 0), (0b10, 182), (0b11, 183)] {
+				let mut mux = Mux {
+					out: synth_pmt(&[(StreamType::H264, VIDEO)], false),
+					..Default::default()
+				};
+				mux.gop(VIDEO, 90_000);
+				let mut broadcast = moq_net::broadcast::Info::new().produce();
+				let catalog = crate::catalog::Producer::new(&mut broadcast, crate::catalog::Config::default()).unwrap();
+				let mut import = super::Import::new(broadcast, catalog.reserve());
+				import.decode(&mux.out).unwrap();
+				import.pcr_pid = Some(Pid::new(PCR).unwrap());
+
+				let mut packet = clock_break_packet(pid);
+				packet[3] = control << 4;
+				packet[4] = length;
+				import.decode(&packet).unwrap();
+				assert!(import.last_pts.is_some(), "invalid adaptation reset the clock");
+				assert_eq!(
+					import.stats().streams[&pid].damaged,
+					1,
+					"pid={pid} control={control:b} length={length}"
+				);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// A dedicated PCR PID's malformed adaptation field cannot declare a timebase break.
 	#[test]
 	fn damaged_adaptation_on_a_dedicated_pcr_pid_keeps_the_clock() {