diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/Views/AvatarView/AvatarView.shared.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/Views/AvatarView/AvatarView.shared.cs
index f9fea7746..fbf0516e2 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/Views/AvatarView/AvatarView.shared.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit/Xamarin.CommunityToolkit/Views/AvatarView/AvatarView.shared.cs
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ async void OnSourcePropertyChanged(bool isBindingContextChanged)
 
 						var stream = await getStreamAsync(uriImageSource, imageLoadingTokenSource.Token);
 
-						source = stream != null
+						source = stream != null && stream != Stream.Null && stream.CanRead && stream.Length > 0
 							? ImageSource.FromStream(async (token) => stream?.CanRead ?? true ? stream : (stream = await getStreamAsync(uriImageSource, token)))
 							: null;