diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarFilePart.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarFilePart.cs
index f1a56216..2e11db3d 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarFilePart.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarFilePart.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.Tar
             if (_seekableStream != null)
             {
                 _seekableStream.Position = Header.DataStartPosition!.Value;
-                return new ReadOnlySubStream(_seekableStream, Header.Size);
+                return new TarReadOnlySubStream(_seekableStream, Header.Size);
             }
             return Header.PackedStream;
         }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarReadOnlySubStream.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarReadOnlySubStream.cs
index ed808d42..f0782c6e 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarReadOnlySubStream.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarReadOnlySubStream.cs
@@ -20,22 +20,24 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.Tar
             {
                 return;
             }
+
             _isDisposed = true;
+
             if (disposing)
             {
-                long skipBytes = _amountRead % 512;
-                if (skipBytes == 0)
+                // Ensure we read all remaining blocks for this entry.
+                Stream.Skip(BytesLeftToRead);
+                _amountRead += BytesLeftToRead;
+
+                // If the last block wasn't a full 512 bytes, skip the remaining padding bytes.
+                var bytesInLastBlock = _amountRead % 512;
+
+                if (bytesInLastBlock != 0)
                 {
-                    return;
+                    Stream.Skip(512 - bytesInLastBlock);
                 }
-                skipBytes = 512 - skipBytes;
-                if (skipBytes == 0)
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-                var buffer = new byte[skipBytes];
-                Stream.ReadFully(buffer);
             }
+
             base.Dispose(disposing);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarArchiveTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarArchiveTests.cs
index a03bb64e..69ae3058 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarArchiveTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarArchiveTests.cs
@@ -248,5 +248,45 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test.Tar
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Tar_Read_One_At_A_Time()
+        {
+            var archiveEncoding = new ArchiveEncoding { Default = Encoding.UTF8, };
+            var tarWriterOptions = new TarWriterOptions(CompressionType.None, true) { ArchiveEncoding = archiveEncoding, };
+            var testBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("This is a test.");
+
+            using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                using (var tarWriter = new TarWriter(memoryStream, tarWriterOptions))
+                using (var testFileStream = new MemoryStream(testBytes))
+                {
+                    tarWriter.Write("test1.txt", testFileStream);
+                    testFileStream.Position = 0;
+                    tarWriter.Write("test2.txt", testFileStream);
+                }
+
+                memoryStream.Position = 0;
+
+                var numberOfEntries = 0;
+
+                using (var archiveFactory = TarArchive.Open(memoryStream))
+                {
+                    foreach (var entry in archiveFactory.Entries)
+                    {
+                        ++numberOfEntries;
+
+                        using (var tarEntryStream = entry.OpenEntryStream())
+                        using (var testFileStream = new MemoryStream())
+                        {
+                            tarEntryStream.CopyTo(testFileStream);
+                            Assert.Equal(testBytes.Length, testFileStream.Length);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Assert.Equal(2, numberOfEntries);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }