diff --git a/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/competition/native.rs b/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/competition/native.rs
index 0600500fa1..53c4babab3 100644
--- a/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/competition/native.rs
+++ b/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/competition/native.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use {
     super::{compare_error, CompetitionEstimator},
     crate::price_estimation::{
-        native::{NativePriceEstimateResult, NativePriceEstimating},
+        native::{is_price_malformed, NativePriceEstimateResult, NativePriceEstimating},
         PriceEstimationError,
     },
+    anyhow::Context,
     futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt},
     model::order::OrderKind,
     primitive_types::H160,
@@ -14,12 +15,22 @@ impl NativePriceEstimating for CompetitionEstimator<Arc<dyn NativePriceEstimatin
     fn estimate_native_price(&self, token: H160) -> BoxFuture<'_, NativePriceEstimateResult> {
         async move {
             let results = self
-                .produce_results(token, Result::is_ok, |e, q| e.estimate_native_price(q))
+                .produce_results(token, Result::is_ok, |e, q| {
+                    async move {
+                        let res = e.estimate_native_price(q).await;
+                        if res.as_ref().is_ok_and(|price| is_price_malformed(*price)) {
+                            let err = anyhow::anyhow!("estimator returned malformed price");
+                            return Err(PriceEstimationError::EstimatorInternal(err));
+                        }
+                        res
+                    }
+                    .boxed()
+                })
                 .await;
             let winner = results
                 .into_iter()
                 .max_by(|a, b| compare_native_result(&a.1, &b.1))
-                .expect("we get passed at least 1 result and did not filter out any of them");
+                .context("could not get any native price")?;
             self.report_winner(&token, OrderKind::Buy, winner)
         }
         .boxed()
@@ -123,4 +134,16 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
         assert_eq!(best, native_price(1.));
     }
+
+    /// Nonsensical prices like infinities, and non-positive values get ignored.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ignore_nonsensical_prices() {
+        let subnormal = f64::from_bits(1);
+        assert!(!subnormal.is_normal());
+
+        for price in [f64::NEG_INFINITY, -1., 0., f64::INFINITY, subnormal] {
+            let best = best_response(PriceRanking::MaxOutAmount, vec![native_price(price)]).await;
+            assert!(best.is_err());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/native.rs b/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/native.rs
index dba3c8886b..e0928ddb8d 100644
--- a/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/native.rs
+++ b/crates/shared/src/price_estimation/native.rs
@@ -93,12 +93,22 @@ impl NativePriceEstimating for NativePriceEstimator {
         async move {
             let query = Arc::new(self.query(&token));
             let estimate = self.inner.estimate(query.clone()).await?;
-            Ok(estimate.price_in_buy_token_f64(&query))
+            let price = estimate.price_in_buy_token_f64(&query);
+            if is_price_malformed(price) {
+                let err = anyhow::anyhow!("estimator returned malformed price: {price}");
+                Err(PriceEstimationError::EstimatorInternal(err))
+            } else {
+                Ok(price)
+            }
         }
         .boxed()
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn is_price_malformed(price: f64) -> bool {
+    !price.is_normal() || price <= 0.
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use {