diff --git a/internal/encoded_test.go b/internal/encoded_test.go
index d23abaaf9..24d05adc6 100644
--- a/internal/encoded_test.go
+++ b/internal/encoded_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ func TestDefaultDataConverter(t *testing.T) {
 		r3 := testDataConverterFunction(t, dc, f3, []byte(""))
 		require.Equal(t, r3, "nil-result")
 	})
+	t.Run("nil-resp", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		var ret []struct{}
+		require.NoError(t, dc.FromData([]byte(""), []interface{}{&ret}))
+		require.Nil(t, ret)
+	})
 }
 
 // testDataConverter implements encoded.DataConverter using gob
diff --git a/internal/encoding.go b/internal/encoding.go
index 52c6213be..639c3dcc3 100644
--- a/internal/encoding.go
+++ b/internal/encoding.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ func (g jsonEncoding) Unmarshal(data []byte, objs []interface{}) error {
 	dec.UseNumber()
 	for i, obj := range objs {
 		if err := dec.Decode(obj); err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				continue
+			}
 			return fmt.Errorf(
 				"unable to decode argument: %d, %v, with json error: %v", i, reflect.TypeOf(obj), err)
 		}