diff --git a/support/src/utils/file.cpp b/support/src/utils/file.cpp
index fc28ca3f..a938454e 100644
--- a/support/src/utils/file.cpp
+++ b/support/src/utils/file.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ auto file::read_(unsigned char *data, std::size_t to_read, std::uint64_t offset,
       auto after = stream_.tellg();
       if (after >= 0) {
         (*total_read) = static_cast<std::size_t>(after - before);
-      } else if (after == -1 && stream_.fail()) {
+      } else if (after == -1 && not stream_.eof()) {
         throw std::runtime_error("failed to tellg() after read");
       }
     }