diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index 35e6d36b..2ca06b73 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2
                 }
             } else {
                 $temp = isset($fp) ? fread($fp, $sftp_packet_size) : substr($data, $sent, $sftp_packet_size);
-                if ($temp === false) {
+                if ($temp === false || $temp === '') {
                     break;
                 }
             }