diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Utility.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
index f7e0b17d..18ea1505 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@ public static class Utility
         return sTime.AddSeconds(unixtime);
     }
 
-    public static long TransferTo(this Stream source, Stream destination)
+    public static long TransferTo(this Stream source, Stream destination, Int64? size = null)
     {
+        Int64 realSize = size ?? source.Length;
         var array = GetTransferByteArray();
         try
         {
@@ -279,6 +280,18 @@ public static class Utility
             {
                 total += count;
                 destination.Write(array, 0, count);
+                if (total + count > realSize)
+                {
+                    int bytesToWrite = (int)(realSize - total);
+                    destination.Write(array, 0, (int)bytesToWrite);
+                    total = realSize;
+                    break;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    total += count;
+                    destination.Write(array, 0, count);
+                }
             }
             return total;
         }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
index 2427db37..53ce0ea2 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Writers/Tar/TarWriter.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class TarWriter : AbstractWriter
         header.Size = realSize;
         header.Write(OutputStream);
 
-        size = source.TransferTo(OutputStream);
+        size = source.TransferTo(OutputStream, realSize);
         PadTo512(size.Value);
     }