diff --git a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Memory.cs b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Memory.cs
index c220274aef5c..4a1ce4dc9d79 100644
--- a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Memory.cs
+++ b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Memory.cs
@@ -329,6 +329,16 @@ public bool TryGetArray(out ArraySegment<T> arraySegment)
                 return true;
             }
 
+            if (_length == 0)
+            {
+#if FEATURE_PORTABLE_SPAN
+                arraySegment = new ArraySegment<T>(SpanHelpers.PerTypeValues<T>.EmptyArray);
+#else
+                arraySegment = ArraySegment<T>.Empty;
+#endif // FEATURE_PORTABLE_SPAN
+                return true;
+            }
+
             arraySegment = default(ArraySegment<T>);
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Runtime/InteropServices/MemoryMarshal.cs b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Runtime/InteropServices/MemoryMarshal.cs
index 7fabf1e2fe24..6544081df14c 100644
--- a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Runtime/InteropServices/MemoryMarshal.cs
+++ b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/Runtime/InteropServices/MemoryMarshal.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ public static bool TryGetArray<T>(ReadOnlyMemory<T> readOnlyMemory, out ArraySeg
                 return true;
             }
 
+            if (length == 0)
+            {
+#if FEATURE_PORTABLE_SPAN
+                arraySegment = new ArraySegment<T>(SpanHelpers.PerTypeValues<T>.EmptyArray);
+#else
+                arraySegment = ArraySegment<T>.Empty;
+#endif // FEATURE_PORTABLE_SPAN
+                return true;
+            }
+
             arraySegment = default;
             return false;
         }