diff --git a/include/boost/lockfree/stack.hpp b/include/boost/lockfree/stack.hpp
index 6db986c..455a772 100644
--- a/include/boost/lockfree/stack.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/lockfree/stack.hpp
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ class stack
     template <bool Threadsafe, bool Bounded, typename ConstIterator>
     tuple<node*, node*> prepare_node_list(ConstIterator begin, ConstIterator end, ConstIterator & ret)
     {
+        if (begin == end) {
+            ret = begin;
+            return make_tuple<node*, node*>(NULL, NULL);
+        }
+
         ConstIterator it = begin;
         node * end_node = pool.template construct<Threadsafe, Bounded>(*it++);
         if (end_node == NULL) {