diff --git a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
index 314279dd13..d44a406b53 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static ssize_t wolfssl_recv(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   nread = SSL_read(backend->handle, buf, buffsize);
 
-  if(nread < 0) {
+  if(nread <= 0) {
     int err = SSL_get_error(backend->handle, nread);
 
     switch(err) {