diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_io.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_io.cc
index 3e7a700ef..c49f9cb1a 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_io.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_io.cc
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ dword_result_t NtReadFile_entry(dword_t file_handle, dword_t event_handle,
         }
       }
 
-      if (!file->is_synchronous()) {
+      if (!file->is_synchronous() && result != X_STATUS_END_OF_FILE) {
         result = X_STATUS_PENDING;
       }