diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index bcf3552..40905cf 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -221,11 +221,12 @@
 {
     int		fd = 0;
     int		newfile = (flags & READ_NEW);
-    int		set_options = newfile || (eap != NULL && eap->read_edit);
     int		check_readonly;
     int		filtering = (flags & READ_FILTER);
     int		read_stdin = (flags & READ_STDIN);
     int		read_buffer = (flags & READ_BUFFER);
+    int		set_options = newfile || read_buffer
+					   || (eap != NULL && eap->read_edit);
     linenr_T	read_buf_lnum = 1;	/* next line to read from curbuf */
     colnr_T	read_buf_col = 0;	/* next char to read from this line */
     char_u	c;
@@ -650,8 +651,13 @@
 
     if (set_options)
     {
-	curbuf->b_p_eol = TRUE;
-	curbuf->b_start_eol = TRUE;
+	/* Don't change 'eol' if reading from buffer as it will already be
+	 * correctly set when reading stdin. */
+	if (!read_buffer)
+	{
+	    curbuf->b_p_eol = TRUE;
+	    curbuf->b_start_eol = TRUE;
+	}
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
 	curbuf->b_p_bomb = FALSE;
 	curbuf->b_start_bomb = FALSE;