1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 066f621955..bb5ee7bf99 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int validate_symref(const char *path)
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
-	len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
+	len = read_in_full(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
 	close(fd);
 
 	/*