diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 040a2a1..7e4ff40 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -1702,6 +1702,11 @@ XMLError XMLDocument::Parse( const char* p, size_t len )
 	const char* start = p;
     Clear();
 
+    if ( len == 0 ) {
+        SetError( XML_ERROR_EMPTY_DOCUMENT, 0, 0 );
+        return _errorID;
+    }
+
     if ( !p || !*p ) {
         SetError( XML_ERROR_EMPTY_DOCUMENT, 0, 0 );
         return _errorID;