Index: pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/PDStream.java
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--- pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/PDStream.java	(revision 1033990)
+++ pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/PDStream.java	(working copy)
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@
         }
         else if( base instanceof COSArray )
         {
-            retval = new PDStream( new COSStreamArray( (COSArray)base ) );
+            if (((COSArray)base).size() > 0) {
+                retval = new PDStream( new COSStreamArray( (COSArray)base ) );
+            }
         }
         else
         {