diff --git a/src/input/BufferedInputStream.cxx b/src/input/BufferedInputStream.cxx
index 4c8374bd9..4e078485d 100644
--- a/src/input/BufferedInputStream.cxx
+++ b/src/input/BufferedInputStream.cxx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ BufferedInputStream::IsEOF() noexcept
 bool
 BufferedInputStream::IsAvailable() noexcept
 {
-	return IsEOF() || buffer.Read(offset).HasData();
+	return IsEOF() || buffer.Read(offset).HasData() || read_error;
 }
 
 size_t