diff --git a/src/physics/autompo/opsum_to_mpo_qn.jl b/src/physics/autompo/opsum_to_mpo_qn.jl
index ac4aba132a..89e4e4c711 100644
--- a/src/physics/autompo/opsum_to_mpo_qn.jl
+++ b/src/physics/autompo/opsum_to_mpo_qn.jl
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ function qn_svdMPO(os::OpSum{C}, sites; kwargs...)::MPO where {C}
       for (q_op, M) in block
         op_prod = q_op[2]
         Op = computeSiteProd(sites, Prod(op_prod))
+        (nnzblocks(Op) == 0) && continue
 
         rq = q_op[1]
         sq = flux(Op)
diff --git a/test/ITensorLegacyMPS/base/test_autompo.jl b/test/ITensorLegacyMPS/base/test_autompo.jl
index 0dee5cacc5..ad1fa7f401 100644
--- a/test/ITensorLegacyMPS/base/test_autompo.jl
+++ b/test/ITensorLegacyMPS/base/test_autompo.jl
@@ -1141,6 +1141,22 @@ end
     @test all(linkdims(H) .<= 2)
     @test_broken all(linkdims(H) .== 1)
   end
+
+  @testset "Regression test (Issue 1150): Zero blocks operator" begin
+    N = 4
+    sites = siteinds("Fermion", N; conserve_qns=true)
+    os = OpSum()
+    os += (1.111, "Cdag", 3, "Cdag", 4, "C", 2, "C", 1)
+    os += (2.222, "Cdag", 4, "Cdag", 1, "C", 3, "C", 2)
+    os += (3.333, "Cdag", 1, "Cdag", 4, "C", 4, "C", 1)
+    os += (4.444, "Cdag", 2, "Cdag", 3, "C", 1, "C", 4)
+    # The following operator has C on site 2 twice, resulting
+    # in a local operator with no blocks (exactly zero),
+    # causing a certain logical step in working out the column qn
+    # to fail:
+    os += (5.555, "Cdag", 4, "Cdag", 4, "C", 2, "C", 2)
+    @test_nowarn H = MPO(os, sites)
+  end
 end
 
 nothing