1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.c b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.c
index 5847ec9053..82c8e239f6 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/metadata.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ grpc_mdstr *grpc_mdstr_from_buffer(const uint8_t *buf, size_t length) {
     ss = g_static_strtab[idx];
     if (ss == NULL) break;
     if (ss->hash == hash && GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(ss->slice) == length &&
-        0 == memcmp(buf, GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(ss->slice), length)) {
+        (length == 0 ||
+         0 == memcmp(buf, GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(ss->slice), length))) {
       GPR_TIMER_END("grpc_mdstr_from_buffer", 0);
       return ss;
     }