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diff --git a/libio/iofwrite.c b/libio/iofwrite.c
index 1f4331cc83..fb91d6f776 100644
--- a/libio/iofwrite.c
+++ b/libio/iofwrite.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
+/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ _IO_fwrite (buf, size, count, fp)
   if (_IO_vtable_offset (fp) != 0 || _IO_fwide (fp, -1) == -1)
     written = _IO_sputn (fp, (const char *) buf, request);
   _IO_release_lock (fp);
-  if (written == request)
+  /* We have written all of the input in case the return value indicates
+     this or EOF is returned.  The latter is a special case where we
+     simply did not manage to flush the buffer.  But the data is in the
+     buffer and therefore written as far as fwrite is concerned.  */
+  if (written == request || written == EOF)
     return count;
   else
     return written / size;