2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/fd-read.c b/hurd/fd-read.c
index 55dbc24e93..388a4dbaf9 100644
--- a/hurd/fd-read.c
+++ b/hurd/fd-read.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ _hurd_fd_read (struct hurd_fd *fd, void *buf, size_t *nbytes, loff_t offset)
     }
 
   data = buf;
+  nread = *nbytes;
   if (err = HURD_FD_PORT_USE (fd, _hurd_ctty_input (port, ctty, readfd)))
     return err;
 
diff --git a/hurd/get-host.c b/hurd/get-host.c
index bebad892cf..3fe0b3ef78 100644
--- a/hurd/get-host.c
+++ b/hurd/get-host.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ _hurd_get_host_config (const char *item, char *buf, size_t buflen)
     }
 
   data = buf;
+  nread = buflen;
   err = __io_read (config, &data, &nread, -1, buflen);
   if (! err)
     /* Check if there is more in the file we didn't read.  */