diff --git a/runzip.c b/runzip.c
index 55b1b6c..d19407c 100644
--- a/runzip.c
+++ b/runzip.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static i64 read_header(void *ss, uchar *head)
 
 static i64 unzip_literal(void *ss, i64 len, int fd_out, uint32 *cksum)
 {
+	i64 stream_read;
 	uchar *buf;
 
 	if (unlikely(len < 0))
@@ -74,14 +75,17 @@ static i64 unzip_literal(void *ss, i64 len, int fd_out, uint32 *cksum)
 	if (unlikely(!buf))
 		fatal("Failed to malloc literal buffer of size %lld\n", len);
 
-	read_stream(ss, 1, buf, len);
-	if (unlikely(write_1g(fd_out, buf, (size_t)len) != (ssize_t)len))
-		fatal("Failed to write literal buffer of size %lld\n", len);
+	stream_read = read_stream(ss, 1, buf, len);
+	if (unlikely(stream_read == -1 ))
+		fatal("Failed to read_stream in unzip_literal\n");
 
-	*cksum = CrcUpdate(*cksum, buf, len);
+	if (unlikely(write_1g(fd_out, buf, (size_t)stream_read) != (ssize_t)stream_read))
+		fatal("Failed to write literal buffer of size %lld\n", stream_read);
+
+	*cksum = CrcUpdate(*cksum, buf, stream_read);
 
 	free(buf);
-	return len;
+	return stream_read;
 }
 
 static i64 unzip_match(void *ss, i64 len, int fd_out, int fd_hist, uint32 *cksum, int chunk_bytes)
diff --git a/stream.c b/stream.c
index 1cd18ac..dbef321 100644
--- a/stream.c
+++ b/stream.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ i64 read_stream(void *ss, int stream, uchar *p, i64 len)
 	while (len) {
 		i64 n;
 
-		n = MIN(sinfo->s[stream].buflen-sinfo->s[stream].bufp, len);
+		n = MIN(sinfo->s[stream].buflen - sinfo->s[stream].bufp, len);
 
 		if (n > 0) {
 			memcpy(p, sinfo->s[stream].buf + sinfo->s[stream].bufp, n);