diff --git a/scripts/basic/split-include.c b/scripts/basic/split-include.c
index 791d142a8..a38ac3427 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/split-include.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/split-include.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv [])
 	is_same = 0;
 	if ((fp_target = fopen(ptarget, "r")) != NULL)
 	{
-	    if (!fgets(old_line, buffer_size, fp_target))
+	    if (!fgets(old_line, buffer_size, fp_target) && ferror(fp_target))
 		ERROR_EXIT(ptarget);
 	    if (fclose(fp_target) != 0)
 		ERROR_EXIT(ptarget);