diff --git a/src/node_zlib.cc b/src/node_zlib.cc
index 4984989bb44066..0712f8feec6f08 100644
--- a/src/node_zlib.cc
+++ b/src/node_zlib.cc
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ class ZCtx : public AsyncWrap {
           }
         }
         while (ctx->strm_.avail_in >= GZIP_MIN_HEADER_SIZE &&
-               ctx->mode_ == GUNZIP) {
+               ctx->mode_ == GUNZIP &&
+               ctx->err_ == Z_STREAM_END) {
           // Bytes remain in input buffer. Perhaps this is another compressed
           // member in the same archive, or just trailing garbage.
           // Check the header to find out.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.gz b/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a019c484d85482
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.gz differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.z b/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.z
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e87b13ab534fbc
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/pseudo-multimember-gzip.z differ
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
index 9bee905b33836b..36650e7b3b737f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-from-concatenated-gzip.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 const data = Buffer.concat([
   zlib.gzipSync('abc'),
@@ -16,3 +18,23 @@ zlib.gunzip(data, common.mustCall((err, result) => {
   assert.ifError(err);
   assert.equal(result, 'abcdef', 'result should match original string');
 }));
+
+// files that have the "right" magic bytes for starting a new gzip member
+// in the middle of themselves, even if they are part of a single
+// regularly compressed member
+const pmmFileZlib = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'pseudo-multimember-gzip.z');
+const pmmFileGz = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'pseudo-multimember-gzip.gz');
+
+const pmmExpected = zlib.inflateSync(fs.readFileSync(pmmFileZlib));
+const pmmResultBuffers = [];
+
+fs.createReadStream(pmmFileGz)
+  .pipe(zlib.createGunzip())
+  .on('error', (err) => {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+  })
+  .on('data', (data) => pmmResultBuffers.push(data))
+  .on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(Buffer.concat(pmmResultBuffers), pmmExpected,
+      'result should match original random garbage');
+  }));