diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d79d185ba..7d7ab0ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This project uses the changelog in accordance with [keepchangelog](http://keepac
 ## [unreleased][unreleased]
 - Fixed `lf t55xx detect` - PSK1 now detects at every bit rate and subcarrier. (@iceman1001)
 - Fixed `lf t55xx detect` - FSK was skipped entirely when the field-clock pair measured as neither legal pair, losing FSK1 at RF/32 and RF/40 and every variant at RF/16 (@iceman1001)
+- Fixed `lf fsk demod` - a leading run too short to be a bit was forced to one, fabricating a bit and shifting the word (@mfcarroll)
 - Fixed `lf nrz demod` - the samples before the first level change were counted as bits, rotating the word whenever that edge moved (@mfcarroll)
 - Fixed `lf t55xx dump/read` - blocks were extracted at a bit offset cached from the last `detect`  The offset is now anchored in graph samples (@iceman1001)
 - Fixed `lf t55xx write --verify` - a successful write could be reported as a validation failure, both from the rotated read above and from the pre-write config decoding the post-write signal into garbage (@iceman1001)
diff --git a/common/lfdemod.c b/common/lfdemod.c
index 6c742a0d4..57fadc344 100644
--- a/common/lfdemod.c
+++ b/common/lfdemod.c
@@ -2051,6 +2051,13 @@ static size_t aggregate_bits(uint8_t *dest, size_t size, uint8_t clk, uint8_t in
             // 0->1 crossing
             n = (n * fchigh + hclk) / clk;
 
+        // A leading run that rounds to no bits is lead-in, not data.  Forcing it to one fabricates
+        // a bit and shifts the word; mid-stream a zero would lose a bit the tag did send.
+        if (n == 0 && numBits == 0) {
+            lastval = dest[i];
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (n == 0)
             n = 1;