diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index f7fd9192d4bc..73d1f7277e48 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ static int nfs_read_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 		/* Emulate the eof flag, which isn't normally needed in NFSv2
 		 * as it is guaranteed to always return the file attributes
 		 */
-		if (hdr->args.offset + hdr->res.count >= hdr->res.fattr->size)
+		if ((hdr->res.count == 0 && hdr->args.count > 0) ||
+		    hdr->args.offset + hdr->res.count >= hdr->res.fattr->size)
 			hdr->res.eof = 1;
 	}
 	return 0;