diff --git a/src/unix/stream.c b/src/unix/stream.c
index 370894bf..76da0618 100644
--- a/src/unix/stream.c
+++ b/src/unix/stream.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static void uv__read(uv_stream_t* stream) {
       if (is_ipc) {
         err = uv__stream_recv_cmsg(stream, &msg);
         if (err != 0) {
-          stream->read_cb(stream, err, NULL);
+          stream->read_cb(stream, err, &buf);
           return;
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/win/pipe.c b/src/win/pipe.c
index b832a28c..13feba5d 100644
--- a/src/win/pipe.c
+++ b/src/win/pipe.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static void uv_pipe_read_eof(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_pipe_t* handle,
   handle->flags &= ~UV_HANDLE_READABLE;
   uv_read_stop((uv_stream_t*) handle);
 
-  handle->read_cb((uv_stream_t*) handle, UV_EOF, &uv_null_buf_);
+  handle->read_cb((uv_stream_t*) handle, UV_EOF, &buf);
 }
 
 
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ void uv_process_pipe_read_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_pipe_t* handle,
           break;
         }
       } else {
-        uv_pipe_read_error_or_eof(loop, handle, GetLastError(), uv_null_buf_);
+        uv_pipe_read_error_or_eof(loop, handle, GetLastError(), buf);
         break;
       }
     }