diff --git a/src/quic.c b/src/quic.c
index 64cf14fc86..918b96751d 100644
--- a/src/quic.c
+++ b/src/quic.c
@@ -154,17 +154,15 @@ static int quic_record_append(WOLFSSL *ssl, QuicRecord *qr, const uint8_t *data,
         }
     }
 
-    if (quic_record_complete(qr) || len == 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    missing = qr->len - qr->end;
-    if (len > missing) {
-        len = missing;
+    if (!quic_record_complete(qr) && len != 0) {
+        missing = qr->len - qr->end;
+        if (len > missing) {
+            len = missing;
+        }
+        XMEMCPY(qr->data + qr->end, data, len);
+        qr->end += (word32)len;
+        consumed += len;
     }
-    XMEMCPY(qr->data + qr->end, data, len);
-    qr->end += (word32)len;
-    consumed += len;
 
 cleanup:
     *pconsumed = (ret == WOLFSSL_SUCCESS) ? consumed : 0;
diff --git a/tests/quic.c b/tests/quic.c
index c58625db48..1b1f7556cd 100644
--- a/tests/quic.c
+++ b/tests/quic.c
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ static int test_provide_quic_data(void) {
      */
     AssertNotNull(ssl = wolfSSL_new(ctx));
     len = fake_record(1, 100, lbuffer);
-    AssertTrue(provide_data(ssl, wolfssl_encryption_initial, lbuffer, len, 0));
+    AssertTrue(provide_data(ssl, wolfssl_encryption_initial, lbuffer, 1, 0));
+    AssertTrue(provide_data(ssl, wolfssl_encryption_initial, lbuffer+1, 3, 0));
+    AssertTrue(provide_data(ssl, wolfssl_encryption_initial, lbuffer+4, len, 0)
+            );
     len = fake_record(2, 1523, lbuffer);
     AssertTrue(provide_data(ssl, wolfssl_encryption_handshake, lbuffer, len, 0));
     len = fake_record(2, 1, lbuffer);