diff --git a/bignum.c b/bignum.c
index a1a659db09..cb2c3b6f07 100644
--- a/bignum.c
+++ b/bignum.c
@@ -4184,7 +4184,6 @@ rb_int_parse_cstr(const char *str, ssize_t len, char **endp, size_t *ndigits,
         }
         if (!c || ISSPACE(c)) --str;
         if (end) len = end - str;
-        ASSERT_LEN();
     }
     c = *str;
     c = conv_digit(c);
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_time.rb b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
index 38c1af6901..2bf6056a49 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_time.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
@@ -1426,4 +1426,8 @@ class TestTime < Test::Unit::TestCase
       t.deconstruct_keys(%i[year month sec nonexistent])
     )
   end
+
+  def test_parse_zero_bigint
+    assert_equal 0, Time.new("2020-10-28T16:48:07.000Z").nsec, '[Bug #19390]'
+  end
 end