diff --git a/ProcessList.c b/ProcessList.c
index 5ba396b7194554eda57b207a26207a1f884c6090..3d6341c4a6a69e2116c4a0aebfccfa8ffa8ce76c 100644
--- a/ProcessList.c
+++ b/ProcessList.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static bool ProcessList_readStatFile(Process *process, const char* dirname, cons
 
    int size = xread(fd, buf, MAX_READ);
    close(fd);
-   if (!size) return false;
+   if (size <= 0) return false;
    buf[size] = '\0';
 
    assert(process->pid == atoi(buf));