diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 789b1a7dca11886648e7d1a25daaaa6c915f3757..fff09c61483362a77b4c6c462fe775bd0aefe896 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -2962,12 +2962,13 @@ static void *_sip_tcp_helper_thread(struct sip_pvt *pvt, struct ast_tcptls_sessi
 		/* In order to know how much to read, we need the content-length header */
 		if (sscanf(get_header(&reqcpy, "Content-Length"), "%30d", &cl)) {
 			while (cl > 0) {
+				size_t bytes_read;
 				ast_mutex_lock(&tcptls_session->lock);
-				if (!fread(buf, MIN(sizeof(buf) - 1, cl), 1, tcptls_session->f)) {
+				if (!(bytes_read = fread(buf, MIN(sizeof(buf) - 1, cl), 1, tcptls_session->f))) {
 					ast_mutex_unlock(&tcptls_session->lock);
 					goto cleanup;
 				}
-				buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0';
+				buf[bytes_read] = '\0';
 				ast_mutex_unlock(&tcptls_session->lock);
 				if (me->stop)
 					goto cleanup;