diff --git a/libc/stdio/fread.c b/libc/stdio/fread.c
index baf62b9..bac8dad 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/fread.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/fread.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 	while (total > 0) {
 		ssize_t bytes_read = (*fp->_read)(fp->_cookie, dst, total);
 		if (bytes_read <= 0) {
-			fp->_flags = (fp->_r == 0) ? __SEOF : __SERR;
+			fp->_flags |= (bytes_read == 0) ? __SEOF : __SERR;
 			break;
 		}
 		dst += bytes_read;