diff --git a/src/pulsecore/conf-parser.c b/src/pulsecore/conf-parser.c
index 0c7444d71..062fa8e5d 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/conf-parser.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/conf-parser.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ int pa_config_parse(const char *filename, FILE *f, const pa_config_item *t, pa_p
 
     while (!feof(f)) {
         if (!fgets(state.buf, sizeof(state.buf), f)) {
+            if (feof(f))
+                break;
+
             pa_log_warn("Failed to read configuration file '%s': %s", filename, pa_cstrerror(errno));
             goto finish;
         }