diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ChecksumValidationStream.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/ChecksumValidationStream.cs
index 1b14cc9d..2aea94b1 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ChecksumValidationStream.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/ChecksumValidationStream.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ internal sealed class ChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
     {
         var read = _stream.Read(buffer, offset, count);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        if (count != 0)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +54,10 @@ internal sealed class ChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     public override int Read(Span<byte> buffer)
     {
         var read = _stream.Read(buffer);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer[..read], read);
+        if (!buffer.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer[..read], read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 #endif
@@ -68,7 +74,10 @@ internal sealed class ChecksumValidationStream : Stream
         var read = await _stream
             .ReadAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        if (count != 0)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +88,10 @@ internal sealed class ChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     )
     {
         var read = await _stream.ReadAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.Span[..read], read);
+        if (!buffer.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.Span[..read], read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipChecksumValidationStream.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipChecksumValidationStream.cs
index 512d7cc2..6763ec11 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipChecksumValidationStream.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/GZip/GZipChecksumValidationStream.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ internal sealed class GZipChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
     {
         var read = _source.Read(buffer, offset, count);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        if (count != 0)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 
@@ -62,7 +65,10 @@ internal sealed class GZipChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     public override int Read(Span<byte> buffer)
     {
         var read = _source.Read(buffer);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer[..read], read);
+        if (!buffer.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer[..read], read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 #endif
@@ -93,7 +99,10 @@ internal sealed class GZipChecksumValidationStream : Stream
         var read = await _source
             .ReadAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        if (count != 0)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.AsSpan(offset, read), read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +113,10 @@ internal sealed class GZipChecksumValidationStream : Stream
     )
     {
         var read = await _source.ReadAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.Span[..read], read);
+        if (!buffer.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            UpdateAndValidateAtEof(buffer.Span[..read], read);
+        }
         return read;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Streams/ChecksumReadRegressionTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Streams/ChecksumReadRegressionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6f3237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Streams/ChecksumReadRegressionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
+using SharpCompress.Common.GZip;
+using SharpCompress.Crypto;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SharpCompress.Test.Streams;
+
+public class ChecksumReadRegressionTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    public async Task Zero_Length_Read_Does_Not_Validate(bool gzip)
+    {
+        byte[] payload = [1, 2, 3];
+        var crc = Crc32Stream.Compute(payload);
+        using var input = new MemoryStream(payload);
+        using var raw = new MemoryStream();
+        using Stream stream = gzip
+            ? new GZipChecksumValidationStream(input, raw, "test", crc, 3)
+            : new ChecksumValidationStream(
+                input,
+                new ChecksumDescriptor(ChecksumKind.Crc32, crc, true),
+                "test"
+            );
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Read(Array.Empty<byte>(), 0, 0));
+        Assert.Equal(0, await stream.ReadAsync(Array.Empty<byte>(), 0, 0, CancellationToken.None));
+#if !LEGACY_DOTNET
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Read(Span<byte>.Empty));
+        Assert.Equal(0, await stream.ReadAsync(Memory<byte>.Empty, CancellationToken.None));
+#endif
+        using var output = new MemoryStream();
+        await stream.CopyToAsync(output, 81920, CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Equal(payload, output.ToArray());
+    }
+}