diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Zip/ZipArchiveEntry.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Zip/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
index f13faee7..4c980f91 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Zip/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Zip/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ public class ZipArchiveEntry : ZipEntry, IArchiveEntry
     public bool IsComplete => true;
 
     #endregion
-
-    public string? Comment => ((SeekableZipFilePart)Parts.Single()).Comment;
 }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/DirectoryEntryHeader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/DirectoryEntryHeader.cs
index 2b26d298..6ca248e4 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/DirectoryEntryHeader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/DirectoryEntryHeader.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,4 @@ internal class DirectoryEntryHeader : ZipFileEntry
     public ushort InternalFileAttributes { get; set; }
 
     public ushort DiskNumberStart { get; set; }
-
-    public string? Comment { get; private set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/ZipFileEntry.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/ZipFileEntry.cs
index 0570bf6d..6842cba6 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/ZipFileEntry.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/ZipFileEntry.cs
@@ -120,4 +120,6 @@ internal abstract class ZipFileEntry : ZipHeader
     internal ZipFilePart? Part { get; set; }
 
     internal bool IsZip64 => CompressedSize >= uint.MaxValue;
+
+    internal string? Comment { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipFilePart.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipFilePart.cs
index 54c4f527..e7572711 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipFilePart.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipFilePart.cs
@@ -25,14 +25,8 @@ internal class SeekableZipFilePart : ZipFilePart
         return base.GetCompressedStream();
     }
 
-    internal string? Comment => ((DirectoryEntryHeader)Header).Comment;
-
-    private void LoadLocalHeader()
-    {
-        var hasData = Header.HasData;
-        Header = _headerFactory.GetLocalHeader(BaseStream, ((DirectoryEntryHeader)Header));
-        Header.HasData = hasData;
-    }
+    private void LoadLocalHeader() =>
+        Header = _headerFactory.GetLocalHeader(BaseStream, (DirectoryEntryHeader)Header);
 
     protected override Stream CreateBaseStream()
     {
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipHeaderFactory.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipHeaderFactory.cs
index 816b0b67..e610c080 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipHeaderFactory.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/SeekableZipHeaderFactory.cs
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ internal sealed class SeekableZipHeaderFactory : ZipHeaderFactory
         {
             throw new InvalidOperationException();
         }
+
+        // populate fields only known from the DirectoryEntryHeader
+        localEntryHeader.HasData = directoryEntryHeader.HasData;
+        localEntryHeader.Comment = directoryEntryHeader.Comment;
+
         if (FlagUtility.HasFlag(localEntryHeader.Flags, HeaderFlags.UsePostDataDescriptor))
         {
             localEntryHeader.Crc = directoryEntryHeader.Crc;
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipEntry.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
index d8e947f8..c0b677d7 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipEntry.cs
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@ public class ZipEntry : Entry
     public override bool IsSplitAfter => false;
 
     internal override IEnumerable<FilePart> Parts => _filePart.Empty();
+
+    public string? Comment => _filePart?.Header.Comment;
 }