diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 36e375ae..67105bb3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ Gerhard Steiner <steiner@mail.austria.com>
  for fixing resume file handling in case the resume.vdr file can't be written
  for reporting a problem with newly created timers in case they are not confirmed
  with "Ok"
+ for reporting an occasional "Broken pipe" error in SVDRP connections
 
 Jaakko Hyvätti <jaakko@hyvatti.iki.fi>
  for translating OSD texts to the Finnish language
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 504f00c5..6988bc94 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2271,3 +2271,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added missing I18N entry for "Ppid" (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Fixed handling the color buttons in the "Edit channel" menu (thanks to Thomas
   Keil for reporting this one).
+- Fixed an occasional "Broken pipe" error in SVDRP connections (thanks to Gerhard
+  Steiner for reporting this one).
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index e9f22161..625b7f83 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.52 2003/06/06 13:30:52 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.53 2003/07/26 10:57:33 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ bool cSVDRP::Process(void)
                  }
               lastActivity = time(NULL);
               }
-           else if (r <= 0) {
+           else if (r < 0) {
               isyslog("lost connection to SVDRP client");
               Close();
               }