diff --git a/SharpCompress/Archive/Zip/ZipArchive.cs b/SharpCompress/Archive/Zip/ZipArchive.cs
index 61a5e3f8..9b30a37f 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Archive/Zip/ZipArchive.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Archive/Zip/ZipArchive.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Archive.Zip
             try
             {
                 ZipHeader header =
-                    headerFactory.ReadStreamHeader(stream).FirstOrDefault(x => x.ZipHeaderType != ZipHeaderType.Split);
+                    headerFactory.ReadStreamHeader(stream).FirstOrDefault(x => x != null && x.ZipHeaderType != ZipHeaderType.Split);
                 if (header == null)
                 {
                     return false;
diff --git a/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/StreamingZipHeaderFactory.cs b/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/StreamingZipHeaderFactory.cs
index 6bcffa1d..c9f1e182 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/StreamingZipHeaderFactory.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/StreamingZipHeaderFactory.cs
@@ -45,18 +45,17 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.Zip
                 lastEntryHeader = null;
                 uint headerBytes = reader.ReadUInt32();
                 header = ReadHeader(headerBytes, reader);
-
-                //entry could be zero bytes so we need to know that.
-                if (header.ZipHeaderType == ZipHeaderType.LocalEntry)
-                {
-                    bool isRecording = rewindableStream.IsRecording;
-                    if (!isRecording)
-                    {
-                        rewindableStream.StartRecording();
+                if (header != null) {
+                    // entry could be zero bytes so we need to know that.
+                    if(header.ZipHeaderType == ZipHeaderType.LocalEntry) {
+                        bool isRecording = rewindableStream.IsRecording;
+                        if (!isRecording) {
+                            rewindableStream.StartRecording();
+                        }
+                        uint nextHeaderBytes = reader.ReadUInt32();
+                        header.HasData = !IsHeader(nextHeaderBytes);
+                        rewindableStream.Rewind(!isRecording);
                     }
-                    uint nextHeaderBytes = reader.ReadUInt32();
-                    header.HasData = !IsHeader(nextHeaderBytes);
-                    rewindableStream.Rewind(!isRecording);
                 }
                 yield return header;
             }
diff --git a/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipHeaderFactory.cs b/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipHeaderFactory.cs
index 842d77b8..f6281738 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipHeaderFactory.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/ZipHeaderFactory.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.Zip
                         return entry;
                     }
                 default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException("Unknown header: " + headerBytes);
+                    return null;
             }
         }