diff --git a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/MesosUtils.java b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/MesosUtils.java
index 5f0743cf7f..4cdcbfc51a 100644
--- a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/MesosUtils.java
+++ b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/MesosUtils.java
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public static Resource getMemoryResource(double memory) {
 
   public static long[] getPorts(Resource portsResource, int numPorts) {
     long[] ports = new long[numPorts];
+    if (numPorts == 0) {
+      return ports;
+    }
+
     int idx = 0;
 
     for (Range r : portsResource.getRanges().getRangeList()) {
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/test/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/MesosUtilsTest.java b/SingularityService/src/test/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/MesosUtilsTest.java
index 787adb9e4c..35ba396270 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/test/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/MesosUtilsTest.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/test/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/MesosUtilsTest.java
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ public void testLiteralHostPortSelection() {
     Assert.assertEquals(numPorts + requestedPorts.size(), MesosUtils.getNumPorts(Collections.singletonList(resource)));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGetZeroPortsFromResource() {
+    String[] rangesOverlappingRequestPorts = {"23:28"};
+    int numPorts = 0;
+    List<Long> requestedPorts = Arrays.asList(25L, 27L);
+    Resource resource = MesosUtils.getPortsResource(numPorts, buildOffer(rangesOverlappingRequestPorts).getResourcesList(), requestedPorts);
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, MesosUtils.getPorts(resource, numPorts).length);
+  }
+
   public static Resource buildPortRanges(String... ranges) {
     Resource.Builder resources = Resource.newBuilder()
         .setType(Type.RANGES)