1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 7be634fd0..9b2c43bd5 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -347,8 +347,10 @@ static void read_lines(void)
                 } else {
                         flines[max_fline] = xrealloc(current_line, strlen(current_line)+1);
                 }
-                if (max_fline >= MAXLINES)
+                if (max_fline >= MAXLINES) {
+                        eof_error = 0; /* Pretend we saw EOF */
                         break;
+                }
                 if (max_fline > cur_fline + max_displayed_line)
                         break;
                 if (eof_error <= 0) {