--- src/create.c.orig	2011-09-26 11:26:52.000000000 -0700
+++ src/create.c	2011-09-26 12:01:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@
   off_t size_left = st->stat.st_size;
   off_t block_ordinal;
   union block *blk;
+  char *buffer;
 
   block_ordinal = current_block_ordinal ();
   blk = start_header (st);
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@
   mv_begin_write (st->file_name, st->stat.st_size, st->stat.st_size);
   while (size_left > 0)
     {
-      size_t bufsize, count;
+      size_t bufsize, count, prevcount;
 
       blk = find_next_block ();
 
@@ -1044,7 +1045,10 @@
 	    memset (blk->buffer + size_left, 0, BLOCKSIZE - count);
 	}
 
-      count = (fd <= 0) ? bufsize : safe_read (fd, blk->buffer, bufsize);
+for(prevcount=0;;)
+{
+      buffer = blk->buffer + prevcount;
+      count = (fd <= 0) ? bufsize : safe_read (fd, buffer, bufsize - prevcount);
       if (count == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
 	{
 	  read_diag_details (st->orig_file_name,
@@ -1053,6 +1057,13 @@
 	  return dump_status_short;
 	}
       size_left -= count;
+      if (prevcount + count == bufsize || count == 0)
+	{
+		count += prevcount;
+		break;
+	}
+	prevcount += count;
+}
       set_next_block_after (blk + (bufsize - 1) / BLOCKSIZE);
 
       if (count != bufsize)