diff --git a/library/core/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArrayTest.java b/library/core/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArrayTest.java
index fc8318d826..d7b2b36740 100644
--- a/library/core/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArrayTest.java
+++ b/library/core/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArrayTest.java
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ public final class ParsableBitArrayTest extends TestCase {
     result[1] = 0;
     testArray.readBits(result, 1, 0);
     assertEquals(0, result[1]);
+    // Test reading a number of bits divisible by 8.
+    testArray.setPosition(0);
+    testArray.readBits(result, 0, 16);
+    assertEquals(TEST_DATA[0], result[0]);
+    assertEquals(TEST_DATA[1], result[1]);
     // Test least significant bits are unmodified.
     result[1] = (byte) 0xFF;
-    testArray.setPosition(16);
     testArray.readBits(result, 0, 9);
     assertEquals(0x5F, result[0]);
     assertEquals(0x7F, result[1]);
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArray.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArray.java
index e0238cb14d..fdee7fb5e6 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArray.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ParsableBitArray.java
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ public final class ParsableBitArray {
     }
     // Trailing bits.
     int bitsLeft = numBits & 7 /* numBits % 8 */;
+    if (bitsLeft == 0) {
+      return;
+    }
     buffer[to] &= 0xFF >> bitsLeft; // Set to 0 the bits that are going to be overwritten.
     if (bitOffset + bitsLeft > 8) {
       // We read the rest of data[byteOffset] and increase byteOffset.