diff --git a/src/core/parser.js b/src/core/parser.js
index eeb42a00b..e828cec84 100644
--- a/src/core/parser.js
+++ b/src/core/parser.js
@@ -564,7 +564,10 @@ var Parser = (function ParserClosure() {
       return stream;
     },
     makeFilter: function Parser_makeFilter(stream, name, maybeLength, params) {
-      if (stream.dict.get('Length') === 0 && !maybeLength) {
+      // Since the 'Length' entry in the stream dictionary can be completely
+      // wrong, e.g. zero for non-empty streams, only skip parsing the stream
+      // when we can be absolutely certain that it actually is empty.
+      if (maybeLength === 0) {
         warn('Empty "' + name + '" stream.');
         return new NullStream(stream);
       }
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index cb7707886..53730d89d 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 !simpletype3font.pdf
 !sizes.pdf
 !javauninstall-7r.pdf
+!multiple-filters-length-zero.pdf
 !issue3205r.pdf
 !issue3207r.pdf
 !issue3263r.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/multiple-filters-length-zero.pdf b/test/pdfs/multiple-filters-length-zero.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..721018a71
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/multiple-filters-length-zero.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 531e054fb..72caae358 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -1544,6 +1544,13 @@
        "lastPage": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "multiple-filters-length-zero",
+       "file": "pdfs/multiple-filters-length-zero.pdf",
+       "md5": "c273c3a6fb79cbf3034fe1b62b204728",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": false,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "issue5752",
        "file": "pdfs/issue5752.pdf",
        "md5": "aa20ad7cff71e9481c0cd623ddbff3b7",