diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
index 646aa78ba5fd..46a823882437 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (fseek(f, -4L, SEEK_END)) {
 		perror(argv[1]);
 	}
-	fread(&olen, sizeof olen, 1, f);
+
+	if (fread(&olen, sizeof(olen), 1, f) != 1) {
+		perror(argv[1]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	ilen = ftell(f);
 	olen = getle32(&olen);
 	fclose(f);