diff --git a/msgpack_reader.go b/msgpack_reader.go
index f76a354..a9a0df5 100644
--- a/msgpack_reader.go
+++ b/msgpack_reader.go
@@ -530,25 +530,15 @@ func (rd *msgpackReader) Skip() error {
 }
 
 func (rd *msgpackReader) TryReadMask() (bool, FieldsMask, error) {
-	code, err := rd.dec.PeekCode()
+	maskLen, err := rd.dec.DecodeArrayLen()
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, FieldsMask{}, errors.WithStack(err)
-	}
-
-	if code != msgpcode.Nil {
-		return false, FieldsMask{}, nil
-	}
-
-	if err := rd.dec.Skip(); err != nil {
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return false, FieldsMask{}, nil
+		}
 		return false, FieldsMask{}, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
 	var mask FieldsMask
-	maskLen, err := rd.dec.DecodeArrayLen()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, FieldsMask{}, errors.WithStack(err)
-	}
-
 	for i := 0; i < maskLen; i++ {
 		maskPart, err := rd.dec.DecodeUint64()
 		if err != nil {