diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index b416f7b..a3cb746 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -3842,3 +3842,14 @@ func TestIssue327(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to decode. expected %q but got %q", expected, got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIssue337(t *testing.T) {
+	in := strings.Repeat(" ", 510) + "{}"
+	var m map[string]string
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(in)).Decode(&m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected error:", err)
+	}
+	if len(m) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected result", m)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/decoder/map.go b/internal/decoder/map.go
index bb18ef9..cb55ef0 100644
--- a/internal/decoder/map.go
+++ b/internal/decoder/map.go
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ func (d *mapDecoder) DecodeStream(s *Stream, depth int64, p unsafe.Pointer) erro
 	if mapValue == nil {
 		mapValue = makemap(d.mapType, 0)
 	}
-	if s.buf[s.cursor+1] == '}' {
+	s.cursor++
+	if s.equalChar('}') {
 		*(*unsafe.Pointer)(p) = mapValue
-		s.cursor += 2
+		s.cursor++
 		return nil
 	}
 	for {
-		s.cursor++
 		k := unsafe_New(d.keyType)
 		if err := d.keyDecoder.DecodeStream(s, depth, k); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func (d *mapDecoder) DecodeStream(s *Stream, depth int64, p unsafe.Pointer) erro
 		if !s.equalChar(',') {
 			return errors.ErrExpected("comma after object value", s.totalOffset())
 		}
+		s.cursor++
 	}
 }