diff --git a/panda/src/putil/virtualFile.cxx b/panda/src/putil/virtualFile.cxx
index c3c254c3a3..b89de9f186 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/virtualFile.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/putil/virtualFile.cxx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ read_file(Datagram &data) const {
     data.add_int8(byte);
     byte = in->get();
   }
-  bool failed = in->fail();
+  bool failed = in->fail() && !in->eof();
   delete in;
 
   if (failed) {