diff --git a/src/bplist.c b/src/bplist.c
index 881c2c8bd886e767a91c3c3b85381e4b344d2098..4a00683dab62cec6f3e5107710f6a4a01fca5ce9 100644
--- a/src/bplist.c
+++ b/src/bplist.c
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ PLIST_API void plist_from_bin(const char *plist_bin, uint32_t length, plist_t *
     if (num_objects == 0)
         return;
 
+    if (offset_size == 0)
+        return;
+
     if (root_object >= num_objects)
         return;