diff --git a/Tests/LibPDF/TestPDF.cpp b/Tests/LibPDF/TestPDF.cpp
index 319aa374884..14c643d1124 100644
--- a/Tests/LibPDF/TestPDF.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibPDF/TestPDF.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@
 #include <LibTest/Macros.h>
 #include <LibTest/TestCase.h>
 
+TEST_CASE(parse_value)
+{
+    // document isn't really used for anything, only to check there's no security_handler.
+    auto file = MUST(Core::MappedFile::map("linearized.pdf"sv));
+    auto document = MUST(PDF::Document::create(file->bytes()));
+
+    auto contents = "<50607><10\n>"sv;
+    PDF::Parser parser(contents.bytes());
+    parser.set_document(document->make_weak_ptr());
+
+    auto value1 = MUST(parser.parse_value(PDF::Parser::CanBeIndirectValue::No));
+    auto string1 = value1.get<NonnullRefPtr<PDF::Object>>()->cast<PDF::StringObject>();
+    EXPECT(string1->is_binary());
+    EXPECT_EQ(string1->string(), "\x50\x60\x70"sv);
+
+    auto value2 = MUST(parser.parse_value(PDF::Parser::CanBeIndirectValue::No));
+    auto string2 = value2.get<NonnullRefPtr<PDF::Object>>()->cast<PDF::StringObject>();
+    EXPECT(string2->is_binary());
+    EXPECT_EQ(string2->string(), "\x10"sv);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE(linearized_pdf)
 {
     auto file = MUST(Core::MappedFile::map("linearized.pdf"sv));
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Parser.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Parser.cpp
index a6d60dabbc9..30cc6d95dcb 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Parser.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/Parser.cpp
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ PDFErrorOr<ByteString> Parser::parse_hex_string()
     StringBuilder builder;
 
     while (true) {
+        m_reader.consume_whitespace();
         if (m_reader.matches('>')) {
             m_reader.consume();
             return builder.to_byte_string();
@@ -364,7 +365,6 @@ PDFErrorOr<ByteString> Parser::parse_hex_string()
                 if (ch == '>') {
                     // The hex string contains an odd number of characters, and the last character
                     // is assumed to be '0'
-                    m_reader.consume();
                     hex_value *= 16;
                     builder.append(static_cast<char>(hex_value));
                     return builder.to_byte_string();