diff --git a/src/w_wad.c b/src/w_wad.c
index 0c38e713..4e7d7232 100644
--- a/src/w_wad.c
+++ b/src/w_wad.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void W_ReadLump(int lump, void *dest)
 
   if (l->data)     // killough 1/31/98: predefined lump data
     memcpy(dest, l->data, l->size);
-  else
+  else if (l->size) // [FG] ignore empty lumps
     {
       int c;