diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index 348763de0..05f3e137e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -886,10 +886,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 
 		Class<?> collectionType = targetType.getType();
 
-		if (sourceValue.isEmpty()) {
-			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(new HashSet<Object>(), collectionType);
-		}
-
 		TypeInformation<?> componentType = targetType.getComponentType();
 		Class<?> rawComponentType = componentType == null ? null : componentType.getType();
 
@@ -897,6 +893,10 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		Collection<Object> items = targetType.getType().isArray() ? new ArrayList<Object>()
 				: CollectionFactory.createCollection(collectionType, rawComponentType, sourceValue.size());
 
+		if (sourceValue.isEmpty()) {
+			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(items, collectionType);
+		}
+
 		for (Object dbObjItem : sourceValue) {
 
 			if (dbObjItem instanceof DBRef) {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
index f8d00bc8b..a1530194a 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -2086,6 +2086,17 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		assertThat(result.sample, is("value"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1525
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void readsEmptyEnumSet() {
+
+		DBObject source = new BasicDBObject("enumSet", new BasicDBList());
+
+		assertThat(converter.read(ClassWithEnumProperty.class, source).enumSet, is(EnumSet.noneOf(SampleEnum.class)));
+	}
+
 	static class GenericType<T> {
 		T content;
 	}