1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 8e20ab714..3a6c5d270 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -639,7 +639,8 @@ ssize_t sss_atomic_io(int fd, void *buf, size_t n, bool do_read)
             }
             return -1;
         case 0:
-            errno = EPIPE;
+            /* read returns 0 on end-of-file */
+            errno = do_read ? 0 : EPIPE;
             return pos;
         default:
             pos += (size_t) res;