diff --git a/src/tls.c b/src/tls.c
index 2c6af924..ffbd0945 100644
--- a/src/tls.c
+++ b/src/tls.c
@@ -1453,16 +1453,13 @@ int tls_record_do_recv(uint8_t *record, size_t *recordlen, tls_socket_t sock) {
         while (r = tls_socket_recv(sock, record + 5 - len, len, 0)) {
             if (errno == EAGAIN) {
                 continue;
-            } else if (r < 0) {
+            } else if (r <= 0) {
                 error_print();
-                return -1;
-            } else {
                 perror("tls_record_do_recv");
-                error_print();
-                return 0;
-            }
+                return r;
+            } else
+                break;
         }
-
         len -= r;
     }
     if (!tls_record_type_name(tls_record_type(record))) {