diff --git a/tv/tuner/aidl/default/Frontend.cpp b/tv/tuner/aidl/default/Frontend.cpp
index 6bdbac55ff..4238e82bbc 100644
--- a/tv/tuner/aidl/default/Frontend.cpp
+++ b/tv/tuner/aidl/default/Frontend.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Frontend::~Frontend() {
 
 void Frontend::readTuneByte(dtv_streamer* streamer, void* buf, size_t buf_size, int timeout_ms) {
     ssize_t bytes_read = mIptvPluginInterface->read_stream(streamer, buf, buf_size, timeout_ms);
-    if (bytes_read == 0) {
+    if (bytes_read <= 0) {
         ALOGI("[   ERROR   ] Tune byte couldn't be read.");
         return;
     }