diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
index 37e90d2302a..2f6aba78b7e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ read_binary_file(const char *filename, int64 seek_offset, int64 bytes_to_read,
 			{
 				char	rbuf[1]; 
 
-				fread(rbuf, 1, 1, file);
-				if (!feof(file))
+				if (fread(rbuf, 1, 1, file) != 0 || !feof(file))
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 							 errmsg("file length too large")));