diff --git a/userspace/meminfo/main.cpp b/userspace/meminfo/main.cpp
index 147fae2486..539daadbe8 100644
--- a/userspace/meminfo/main.cpp
+++ b/userspace/meminfo/main.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int main()
 
 			while (ssize_t nread = read(fd, path_buffer, sizeof(path_buffer) - 1))
 			{
-				if (nread == -1)
+				if (nread < 0)
 				{
 					perror("read");
 					break;