1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 2985cd654..4111653b1 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
 {
   struct Curl_transfer_keeper *k = &conn->keep;
   struct SessionHandle *data = conn->data;
-  CURLcode result;
+  int result;
   ssize_t nread; /* number of bytes read */
   int didwhat=0;
 
@@ -181,18 +181,21 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
     if((k->keepon & KEEP_READ) &&
        FD_ISSET(conn->sockfd, &k->readfd)) {
 
-      if ((k->bytecount == 0) && (k->writebytecount == 0))
-        Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_STARTTRANSFER);
-
-      didwhat |= KEEP_READ;
-
       /* read! */
       result = Curl_read(conn, conn->sockfd, k->buf,
                          BUFSIZE -1, &nread);
 
-      if(result)
+      if(0>result)
+        break; /* get out of loop */
+      if(result>0)
         return result;
 
+      if ((k->bytecount == 0) && (k->writebytecount == 0))
+        Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_STARTTRANSFER);
+
+
+      didwhat |= KEEP_READ;
+
       /* NULL terminate, allowing string ops to be used */
       if (0 < (signed int) nread)
         k->buf[nread] = 0;