diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
index b1b95c1..081fbc0 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ namespace Substrate.Nbt
                 throw new NBTException(NBTException.MSG_READ_NEG);
             }
 
+            if (val.ValueType == TagType.TAG_END)
+                return val;
+
             for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 val.Add(ReadValue(val.ValueType));
             }