diff --git a/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c b/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
index 6acbf127a5..da04b22815 100644
--- a/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
+++ b/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
@@ -6676,10 +6676,13 @@ FetchData_RXStyle(Volume * volptr, Vnode * targetptr,
     tlen = FDH_SIZE(fdP);
     ViceLog(25,
 	    ("FetchData_RXStyle: file size %llu\n", (afs_uintmax_t) tlen));
-    if ((tlen < 0) || (Pos > tlen)) {
+    if (tlen < 0) {
 	FDH_CLOSE(fdP);
 	return EIO;
     }
+    if (Pos > tlen) {
+	Len = 0;
+    }
 
     if (Pos + Len > tlen)
 	Len = tlen - Pos;	/* get length we should send */