1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/mailsplit.c b/builtin/mailsplit.c
index 30681681c1..664400b816 100644
--- a/builtin/mailsplit.c
+++ b/builtin/mailsplit.c
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ static int split_mbox(const char *file, const char *dir, int allow_bare,
 
 	do {
 		peek = fgetc(f);
+		if (peek == EOF) {
+			if (f == stdin)
+				/* empty stdin is OK */
+				ret = skip;
+			else {
+				fclose(f);
+				error(_("empty mbox: '%s'"), file);
+			}
+			goto out;
+		}
 	} while (isspace(peek));
 	ungetc(peek, f);