diff --git a/src/bin/coreutils/src/copy.c b/src/bin/coreutils/src/copy.c
index f8d683b28a..9c02bbaa43 100644
--- a/src/bin/coreutils/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/bin/coreutils/src/copy.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ copy_attributes(int fromFd, int toFd)
 				break;
 			
 			bytesWritten = fs_write_attr(toFd, dirent->d_name, info.type, pos, buffer, bytesRead);
-			if (bytesWritten <= 0)
+			if (bytesWritten != bytesRead)
 				break;
 
 			pos += bytesWritten;