diff --git a/src/blob_serializer_deserializer-inl.h b/src/blob_serializer_deserializer-inl.h
index 1d1204a96e6101..f47a1e0cdf8a44 100644
--- a/src/blob_serializer_deserializer-inl.h
+++ b/src/blob_serializer_deserializer-inl.h
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ std::string_view BlobDeserializer<Impl>::ReadStringView(StringLogMode mode) {
   size_t length = ReadArithmetic<size_t>();
   Debug("ReadStringView(), length=%zu: ", length);
 
+  if (length == 0) {
+    Debug("ReadStringView() read an empty view\n");
+    return std::string_view();
+  }
+
   std::string_view result(sink.data() + read_total, length);
   Debug("%p, read %zu bytes", result.data(), result.size());
   if (mode == StringLogMode::kAddressAndContent) {
@@ -269,6 +274,10 @@ size_t BlobSerializer<Impl>::WriteStringView(std::string_view data,
   size_t written_total = WriteArithmetic<size_t>(data.size());
 
   size_t length = data.size();
+  if (length == 0) {
+    Debug("WriteStringView() wrote an empty view\n");
+    return written_total;
+  }
   sink.insert(sink.end(), data.data(), data.data() + length);
   written_total += length;