diff --git a/dcmdata/libsrc/dcpixseq.cc b/dcmdata/libsrc/dcpixseq.cc
index 7d81fb680..659a2fe9d 100644
--- a/dcmdata/libsrc/dcpixseq.cc
+++ b/dcmdata/libsrc/dcpixseq.cc
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ OFCondition DcmPixelSequence::makeSubObject(DcmObject *&subObject,
                 l_error = EC_InvalidTag;
             break;
 
+        case EVR_UL: //newTag (0x0000, 0x0000) has VR:UL
+            if (newTag == DCM_GenericGroupLength)
+                l_error = EC_ItemEnd;
+            break;
+
         default:
             newObject = new DcmPixelItem(newTag, newLength);
             l_error = EC_CorruptedData;
diff --git a/dcmdata/libsrc/dcsequen.cc b/dcmdata/libsrc/dcsequen.cc
index adeb64539..4df7f7dde 100644
--- a/dcmdata/libsrc/dcsequen.cc
+++ b/dcmdata/libsrc/dcsequen.cc
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@ OFCondition DcmSequenceOfItems::readSubItem(DcmInputStream &inStream,
                 << DCM_ItemDelimitationItem << " by sequence delimiter "
                 << DCM_SequenceDelimitationItem << " because it is expected here");
             l_error = EC_SequEnd;
+        } else if (dcmReplaceWrongDelimitationItem.get() && (l_error == EC_CorruptedData)) {
+            DCMDATA_DEBUG("DcmSequenceOfItems::readSubItem() replacing null bytes "
+                << DCM_GenericGroupLength << " by sequence delimiter "
+                << DCM_SequenceDelimitationItem << " because it is expected here");
+            l_error = EC_SequEnd;
         } else {
             DCMDATA_DEBUG("DcmSequenceOfItems::readSubItem() cannot create Sub Item " << newTag);
             // treat this incorrect encoding as an error