diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/IndirectReference.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/IndirectReference.cs
index c742280d8..f7f38b598 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/IndirectReference.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/IndirectReference.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     /// <summary>
     /// Used to uniquely identify and refer to objects in the PDF file.
     /// </summary>
-    public readonly struct IndirectReference
+    public readonly struct IndirectReference : IEquatable<IndirectReference>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// A positive integer object number.
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ public IndirectReference(long objectNumber, int generation)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        public bool Equals(IndirectReference other)
         {
-            if (obj is IndirectReference reference)
-            {
-                return reference.ObjectNumber == ObjectNumber
-                       && reference.Generation == Generation;
-            }
+            return other.ObjectNumber == ObjectNumber && other.Generation == Generation;
+        }
 
-            return false;
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            return obj is IndirectReference other && Equals(other);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/CrossReference/CrossReferenceTable.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/CrossReference/CrossReferenceTable.cs
index fe404ea2c..91be7106c 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/CrossReference/CrossReferenceTable.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/CrossReference/CrossReferenceTable.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ internal CrossReferenceTable(CrossReferenceType type, IReadOnlyDictionary<Indire
             Trailer = trailer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(trailer));
             CrossReferenceOffsets = crossReferenceOffsets ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(crossReferenceOffsets));
 
-            var result = new Dictionary<IndirectReference, long>();
+            var result = new Dictionary<IndirectReference, long>(capacity: objectOffsets.Count);
             foreach (var objectOffset in objectOffsets)
             {
                 result[objectOffset.Key] = objectOffset.Value;
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/FileStructure/CrossReferenceObjectOffsetValidator.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/FileStructure/CrossReferenceObjectOffsetValidator.cs
index 54eea31d0..f2449b39f 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/FileStructure/CrossReferenceObjectOffsetValidator.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/FileStructure/CrossReferenceObjectOffsetValidator.cs
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ public static bool ValidateCrossReferenceOffsets(IInputBytes bytes, CrossReferen
                 return true;
             }
 
-            var builderOffsets = new Dictionary<IndirectReference, long>();
-            
             var bruteForceOffsets = BruteForceSearcher.GetObjectLocations(bytes);
             if (bruteForceOffsets.Count > 0)
             {
+                // Pre-allocate capacity for at least the bruteForceOffsets, since we'll be adding all of them
+                var builderOffsets = new Dictionary<IndirectReference, long>(bruteForceOffsets.Count);
+
                 // find all object streams
                 foreach (var entry in crossReferenceTable.ObjectOffsets)
                 {
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ public static bool ValidateCrossReferenceOffsets(IInputBytes bytes, CrossReferen
                         // TODO: more validation of streams.
                         builderOffsets[entry.Key] = entry.Value;
                     }
+                }
 
-                    foreach (var item in bruteForceOffsets)
-                    {
-                        builderOffsets[item.Key] = item.Value;
-                    }
+                foreach (var item in bruteForceOffsets)
+                {
+                    builderOffsets[item.Key] = item.Value;
                 }
 
                 actualOffsets = builderOffsets;