1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gst/goom/goomsl.c b/gst/goom/goomsl.c
index 759be102..6f407754 100644
--- a/gst/goom/goomsl.c
+++ b/gst/goom/goomsl.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,9 @@ gsl_read_file (const char *fname)
   fsize = ftell (f);
   rewind (f);
   buffer = (char *) malloc (fsize + 512);
-  fread (buffer, 1, fsize, f);
+  if (fread (buffer, 1, fsize, f) != fsize) {
+    buffer[0] = '\0';
+  }
   fclose (f);
   buffer[fsize] = 0;
   return buffer;