diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/RedisDatabase.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/RedisDatabase.cs
index 91c99d566..172dd3c8d 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/RedisDatabase.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/RedisDatabase.cs
@@ -2718,6 +2718,8 @@ public bool SortedSetRemove(RedisKey key, RedisValue member, CommandFlags flags
 
         public long SortedSetRemove(RedisKey key, RedisValue[] members, CommandFlags flags = CommandFlags.None)
         {
+            if (members == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(members));
+            if (members.Length == 0) return 0;
             var msg = Message.Create(Database, flags, RedisCommand.ZREM, key, members);
             return ExecuteSync(msg, ResultProcessor.Int64);
         }
@@ -2730,6 +2732,8 @@ public Task<bool> SortedSetRemoveAsync(RedisKey key, RedisValue member, CommandF
 
         public Task<long> SortedSetRemoveAsync(RedisKey key, RedisValue[] members, CommandFlags flags = CommandFlags.None)
         {
+            if (members == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(members));
+            if (members.Length == 0) return CompletedTask<long>.FromResult(0, asyncState);
             var msg = Message.Create(Database, flags, RedisCommand.ZREM, key, members);
             return ExecuteAsync(msg, ResultProcessor.Int64);
         }
diff --git a/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/SortedSetTests.cs b/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/SortedSetTests.cs
index 684ecf0bf..b8009748c 100644
--- a/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/SortedSetTests.cs
+++ b/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/SortedSetTests.cs
@@ -1508,4 +1508,26 @@ public async Task SortedSetUpdate()
         Assert.True(await db.SortedSetUpdateAsync(key, member, 1));
         Assert.Equal(1, await db.SortedSetUpdateAsync(key, values));
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SortedSetRemoveArgTests()
+    {
+        await using var conn = Create();
+
+        var db = conn.GetDatabase();
+        var key = Me();
+
+        RedisValue[]? members = null;
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => db.SortedSetRemove(key, members!));
+        Assert.Equal("members", ex.ParamName);
+        ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () => await db.SortedSetRemoveAsync(key, members!).ForAwait()).ForAwait();
+        Assert.Equal("members", ex.ParamName);
+
+        members = [];
+        Assert.Equal(0, db.SortedSetRemove(key, members));
+
+        var pending = db.SortedSetRemoveAsync(key, members);
+        Assert.True(pending.IsCompleted); // sync; never reaches the server
+        Assert.Equal(0, await pending.ForAwait());
+    }
 }