diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index 0bb6c7b3..0c372ef0 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -2748,14 +2748,6 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2
             }
         }
 
-        if ($length > 0 && $length <= $offset - $start) {
-            if ($local_file === false) {
-                $content = substr($content, 0, $length);
-            } else {
-                ftruncate($fp, $length + $res_offset);
-            }
-        }
-
         if ($fclose_check) {
             fclose($fp);
 
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php b/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
index 5d7590fe..1e32bcbd 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
@@ -777,5 +777,18 @@ class Functional_Net_SFTPUserStoryTest extends PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase
         $stat2 = $sftp->stat(self::$scratchDir);
         $this->assertSame($stat['uid'], $stat2['uid']);
         $this->assertSame($stat['gid'], $stat2['gid']);
+
+        return $sftp;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testChownChgrp
+     * @group github1934
+     */
+    public function testCallableGetWithLength($sftp)
+    {
+        $sftp->put('test.txt', 'zzzzz');
+        $sftp->get('test.txt', function($data) {}, 0, 1);
+        $this->assertTrue(true);
     }
 }