diff --git a/Sources/BZip2.swift b/Sources/BZip2.swift
index f5059029..3ce23d1b 100644
--- a/Sources/BZip2.swift
+++ b/Sources/BZip2.swift
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ public class BZip2: DecompressionAlgorithm {
                     while bitReader.bit() > 0 {
                         length -= (Int(bitReader.bit() * 2) - 1)
                     }
-                    lengths.append(HuffmanLength(symbol: i, codeLength: length))
+                    if length > 0 {
+                        lengths.append(HuffmanLength(symbol: i, codeLength: length))
+                    }
                 }
                 let table = DecodingHuffmanTree(lengths: lengths, bitReader)
                 tables.append(table)
diff --git a/Sources/DecodingHuffmanTree.swift b/Sources/DecodingHuffmanTree.swift
index 5bc1e4e0..7d569d39 100644
--- a/Sources/DecodingHuffmanTree.swift
+++ b/Sources/DecodingHuffmanTree.swift
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ class DecodingHuffmanTree {
     private var tree: [Int]
     private let leafCount: Int
 
-    /// `lengths` don't have to be properly sorted.
+    /// `lengths` don't have to be properly sorted, but there must not be any 0 code lengths.
     init(lengths: [HuffmanLength], _ bitReader: BitReader) {
         self.bitReader = bitReader
 
         // Sort `lengths` array to calculate canonical Huffman code.
-        let sortedLengths = lengths.filter { $0.codeLength > 0 }.sorted { (left: HuffmanLength, right: HuffmanLength) -> Bool in
+        let sortedLengths = lengths.sorted { (left: HuffmanLength, right: HuffmanLength) -> Bool in
             if left.codeLength == right.codeLength {
                 return left.symbol < right.symbol
             } else {
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class DecodingHuffmanTree {
         var loopBits = -1
         var symbol = -1
         for length in sortedLengths {
+            precondition(length.codeLength > 0, "Code length must not be 0 during HuffmanTree construction.")
             symbol += 1
             // We sometimes need to make symbol to have length.bits bit length.
             let bits = length.codeLength
diff --git a/Sources/EncodingHuffmanTree.swift b/Sources/EncodingHuffmanTree.swift
index 0ad2e4df..4774369a 100644
--- a/Sources/EncodingHuffmanTree.swift
+++ b/Sources/EncodingHuffmanTree.swift
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ class EncodingHuffmanTree {
 
     private var codingIndices: [[Int]]
 
-    /// `lengths` don't have to be properly sorted.
+    /// `lengths` don't have to be properly sorted, but there must not be any 0 code lengths.
     init(lengths: [HuffmanLength], _ bitWriter: BitWriter) {
         self.bitWriter = bitWriter
 
         // Sort `lengths` array to calculate canonical Huffman code.
-        let sortedLengths = lengths.filter { $0.codeLength > 0 }.sorted { (left: HuffmanLength, right: HuffmanLength) -> Bool in
+        let sortedLengths = lengths.sorted { (left: HuffmanLength, right: HuffmanLength) -> Bool in
             if left.codeLength == right.codeLength {
                 return left.symbol < right.symbol
             } else {
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class EncodingHuffmanTree {
         var loopBits = -1
         var symbol = -1
         for length in sortedLengths {
+            precondition(length.codeLength > 0, "Code length must not be 0 during HuffmanTree construction.")
             symbol += 1
             // We sometimes need to make symbol to have length.bits bit length.
             let bits = length.codeLength
diff --git a/Sources/HuffmanLength.swift b/Sources/HuffmanLength.swift
index d7085388..516d3fb6 100644
--- a/Sources/HuffmanLength.swift
+++ b/Sources/HuffmanLength.swift
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ struct HuffmanLength {
         return lengths
     }
 
+    /// - Note: Skips zero codeLengths.
     static func lengths(from orderedCodeLengths: [Int]) -> [HuffmanLength] {
         var lengths = [HuffmanLength]()
-        for i in 0..<orderedCodeLengths.count {
-            lengths.append(HuffmanLength(symbol: i, codeLength: orderedCodeLengths[i]))
+        for (i, codeLength) in orderedCodeLengths.enumerated() where codeLength > 0 {
+            lengths.append(HuffmanLength(symbol: i, codeLength: codeLength))
         }
         return lengths
     }