diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index d62be23e61..f725c7c902 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ int read_all(int fd, char *buf, size_t count, int isSocket) {
       break;
     numread += result;
   }
-  return count;
+  return numread;
 }
 
 /*