1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/MetadataArraySafeHandle.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/MetadataArraySafeHandle.cs
index 25735d5262..dc9f62fdab 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/MetadataArraySafeHandle.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/MetadataArraySafeHandle.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
         {
             using (Profilers.ForCurrentThread().NewScope("MetadataArraySafeHandle.Create"))
             {
+                if (metadata.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    return new MetadataArraySafeHandle();
+                }
+
                 // TODO(jtattermusch): we might wanna check that the metadata is readonly 
                 var metadataArray = Native.grpcsharp_metadata_array_create(new UIntPtr((ulong)metadata.Count));
                 for (int i = 0; i < metadata.Count; i++)