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-rw-r--r--tools/gpg-check-pattern.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/gpg-check-pattern.c b/tools/gpg-check-pattern.c
index d7481fffb..2698431c9 100644
--- a/tools/gpg-check-pattern.c
+++ b/tools/gpg-check-pattern.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ read_file (const char *fname, size_t *r_length)
buflen = st.st_size;
buf = xmalloc (buflen+1);
- if (es_fread (buf, buflen, 1, fp) != 1)
+ if (buflen && es_fread (buf, buflen, 1, fp) != 1)
{
log_error ("error reading '%s': %s\n", fname, strerror (errno));
es_fclose (fp);