diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 2582b9d..dae5bc9 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ recheck (struct File_spec *f, bool blocking)
 		 unreadable (perms), and later becomes readable again and can
 		 be seen to be the same file (dev/ino).  Otherwise, tail prints
 		 the entire contents of the file when it becomes readable.  */
+	      ok = true;
+	      f->errnum = 0;
 	      error (0, f->errnum, _("%s has become inaccessible"),
 		     quote (pretty_name (f)));
 	    }
@@ -915,6 +917,8 @@ recheck (struct File_spec *f, bool blocking)
 	}
       else
 	{
+	  if (new_stats.st_size > 0) {
+	    (void) dump_remainder (pretty_name (f), f->fd, COPY_TO_EOF);
 	  /* Close the old one.  */
 	  close_fd (f->fd, pretty_name (f));
 
@@ -925,6 +929,7 @@ recheck (struct File_spec *f, bool blocking)
 		 quote (pretty_name (f)));
 	}
     }
+    }
   else
     {
       if (f->fd == -1)