diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 5f72209..9f7eb7d 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -7009,8 +7009,8 @@
         _exit(arg1);
         return 0; /* avoid warning */
     case TARGET_NR_read:
-        if (arg3 == 0) {
-            return 0;
+        if (arg2 == 0 && arg3 == 0) {
+            return get_errno(safe_read(arg1, 0, 0));
         } else {
             if (!(p = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE, arg2, arg3, 0)))
                 return -TARGET_EFAULT;