diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
index d772f57f61..a856903c03 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ PDFErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<XRefTable>> DocumentParser::parse_xref_table()
     }
 
     m_reader.move_by(4);
+    m_reader.consume_non_eol_whitespace();
     if (!m_reader.consume_eol())
         return error("Expected newline after \"xref\"");
 
@@ -741,6 +742,8 @@ bool DocumentParser::navigate_to_after_startxref()
         auto offset = m_reader.offset() + 1;
 
         m_reader.consume_eol();
+        m_reader.consume_whitespace();
+
         if (!m_reader.matches("startxref"))
             continue;