diff --git a/src/reader.go b/src/reader.go
index a7e002c0..82648a68 100644
--- a/src/reader.go
+++ b/src/reader.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (r *Reader) feed(src io.Reader) {
 		}
 
 		// We're not making any progress after 100 tries. Stop.
-		if n == 0 && err == nil {
+		if n == 0 {
 			break
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/test_go.rb b/test/test_go.rb
index 537a9bd4..ba067997 100755
--- a/test/test_go.rb
+++ b/test/test_go.rb
@@ -1955,6 +1955,11 @@ class TestGoFZF < TestBase
     tmux.until { |lines| assert_equal 10, lines.item_count }
   end
 
+  def test_reload_should_terminate_stadard_input_stream
+    tmux.send_keys %(ruby -e "STDOUT.sync = true; loop { puts 1; sleep 0.1 }" | fzf --bind 'start:reload(seq 100)'), :Enter
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_equal 100, lines.item_count }
+  end
+
   def test_clear_list_when_header_lines_changed_due_to_reload
     tmux.send_keys %(seq 10 | #{FZF} --header 0 --header-lines 3 --bind 'space:reload(seq 1)'), :Enter
     tmux.until { |lines| assert_includes lines, '  9' }