diff --git a/src/quickfix.c b/src/quickfix.c
index f8ff776..09d5d8f 100644
--- a/src/quickfix.c
+++ b/src/quickfix.c
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 	    // reached.
 	    if (fgets((char *)IObuff, IOSIZE, state->fd) == NULL
 		    || (int)STRLEN(IObuff) < IOSIZE - 1
-		    || IObuff[IOSIZE - 1] == '\n')
+		    || IObuff[IOSIZE - 2] == '\n')
 		break;
 	}