diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs_request_io.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs_request_io.cpp
index 1aefcc3081..ffd05a75c2 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs_request_io.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs_request_io.cpp
@@ -163,9 +163,14 @@ do_iterative_fd_io_iterate(void* _cookie, io_request* request,
 	}
 	TRACE_RIO("[%ld]  got %zu file vecs\n", find_thread(NULL), vecCount);
 
+	// Reset the error code for the loop below
+	error = B_OK;
+
 	// create subrequests for the file vecs we've got
 	size_t subRequestCount = 0;
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < vecCount && subRequestCount < kMaxSubRequests; i++) {
+	for (size_t i = 0;
+		i < vecCount && subRequestCount < kMaxSubRequests && error == B_OK;
+		i++) {
 		off_t vecOffset = vecs[i].offset;
 		off_t vecLength = min_c(vecs[i].length, (off_t)requestLength);
 		TRACE_RIO("[%ld]    vec %lu offset: %lld, length: %lld\n",