diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/InstanceValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/InstanceValidator.java
index 4b79aa145..a62d8a0b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/InstanceValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/InstanceValidator.java
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ private void processArray(final ProcessingReport report,
         final ArraySchemaSelector selector = new ArraySchemaSelector(digest);
 
         final int size = node.size();
-
+        if(size=0){throws ProcessingException}
         FullData data;
         JsonTree newInstance;
-
+        
         for (int index = 0; index < size; index++) {
             newInstance = instance.append(JsonPointer.of(index));
             data = input.withInstance(newInstance);