diff --git a/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceItemReader.cs b/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceItemReader.cs
index 075850a8..200dfb24 100644
--- a/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceItemReader.cs
+++ b/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceItemReader.cs
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ public static void SkipItemLittleEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, TransferSyntax syn
             else
             {
                 if (syntax == TransferSyntax.EXPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-                    while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr))
+                    while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
                     {
                         dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                         DICOMElementReader.SkipElementExplicitLittleEndian(dr);
                     }
                 else
-                    while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr))
+                    while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
                     {
                         dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                         DICOMElementReader.SkipElementImplicitLittleEndian(dr);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public static void SkipItemBigEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr)
             if (length != -1)
                 dr.Skip(length);
             else
-                while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemBigEndian(dr))
+                while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemBigEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
                 {
                     dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                     DICOMElementReader.SkipElementExplicitBigEndian(dr);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private static bool IsEndOfSequenceItemBigEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr)
         private static DICOMObject ReadIndefiniteBigEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, TransferSyntax syntax, StringEncoding enc)
         {
             var elements = new List<IDICOMElement>();
-            while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr))
+            while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
             {
                 dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                 elements.Add(DICOMElementReader.ReadElementExplicitBigEndian(dr, enc));
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private static DICOMObject ReadIndefiniteBigEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, Transfe
         private static DICOMObject ReadIndefiniteLittleEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, TransferSyntax syntax, StringEncoding enc)
         {
             var elements = new List<IDICOMElement>();
-            while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr))
+            while (!IsEndOfSequenceItemLittleEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
             {
                 dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                 if (syntax == TransferSyntax.EXPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
diff --git a/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceReader.cs b/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceReader.cs
index 10a388db..bf109d63 100644
--- a/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceReader.cs
+++ b/EvilDICOM/EvilDICOM/Core/IO/Reading/SequenceReader.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class SequenceReader
         public static int ReadIndefiniteLengthLittleEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, TransferSyntax syntax)
         {
             var startingPos = dr.StreamPosition;
-            while (!IsEndOfSequenceLittleEndian(dr))
+            while (!IsEndOfSequenceLittleEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
             {
                 dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                 SequenceItemReader.SkipItemLittleEndian(dr, syntax);
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static int ReadIndefiniteLengthLittleEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr, Transfe
         public static int ReadIndefiniteLengthBigEndian(DICOMBinaryReader dr)
         {
             var startingPos = dr.StreamPosition;
-            while (!IsEndOfSequenceBigEndian(dr))
+            while (!IsEndOfSequenceBigEndian(dr) && dr.StreamLength != dr.StreamPosition)
             {
                 dr.StreamPosition -= 8;
                 SequenceItemReader.SkipItemBigEndian(dr);