diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTests/ExceptionHandlingTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTests/ExceptionHandlingTests.cs
index d8ca6e6f..41e5b75e 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTests/ExceptionHandlingTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTests/ExceptionHandlingTests.cs
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.JsonTextReaderTests
             ExceptionAssert.Throws<JsonReaderException>(() => { reader.ReadAsBytes(); }, "Unexpected end when reading JSON. Path '', line 1, position 1.");
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void ReadBytesEmptyWrappedObject()
+        {
+            JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(@"{}"));
+
+            ExceptionAssert.Throws<JsonReaderException>(() => { reader.ReadAsBytes(); }, "Error reading bytes. Unexpected token: StartObject. Path '', line 1, position 2." );
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ReadIntegerWithError()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
index d0d319aa..f761b746 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         internal void ReadIntoWrappedTypeObject()
         {
             ReaderReadAndAssert();
-            if (Value.ToString() == JsonTypeReflector.TypePropertyName)
+            if (Value != null && Value.ToString() == JsonTypeReflector.TypePropertyName)
             {
                 ReaderReadAndAssert();
                 if (Value != null && Value.ToString().StartsWith("System.Byte[]", StringComparison.Ordinal))
@@ -1182,4 +1182,4 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
             return t;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}