diff --git a/test/compare_file.c b/test/compare_file.c
index b458ed9f..b2f5fd10 100644
--- a/test/compare_file.c
+++ b/test/compare_file.c
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ int Compare_2_files(char *adr1, char *adr2, char *adrc, int flag)
        if(s1.st_size > r1count + r1)
          printf("- %s : early EOF after %d bytes\n", adr1, r1count);
        differs= 1;
-   break;
      }
      r1count+= r1;
      if(r2==EOF || r2<r1) {
@@ -146,15 +145,15 @@ int Compare_2_files(char *adr1, char *adr2, char *adrc, int flag)
        if(s2.st_size > r2count + r2)
          printf("- %s : early EOF after %d bytes\n", adr2, r2count);
        differs= 1;
-   break;
      }
      if(r2>r1) {
        if(s1.st_size > r1count + r1)
          printf("- %s : early EOF after %d bytes\n", adr1, r1count);
        differs= 1;
-   break;
      }
      r2count+= r2;
+     if(r1>r2)
+       r1= r2;
      for(i= 0; i<r1; i++) {
        if(buf1[i]!=buf2[i]) {
          if(first_diff<0)
@@ -163,10 +162,13 @@ int Compare_2_files(char *adr1, char *adr2, char *adrc, int flag)
        }
      }
    }
-   if(diffcount>0) {
-     printf("%s : %s : differs by at least %.f bytes. First at %.f\n",
-            a, (s1.st_size==s2.st_size || s1.st_mtime==s2.st_mtime ?
-                "CONTENT":"content"), (double) diffcount, (double) first_diff);
+   if(diffcount>0 || r1count!=r2count) {
+     if(first_diff<0)
+       first_diff= (r1count>r2count ? r2count : r1count);
+     printf("%s : %s : differs by at least %.f bytes. First at %.f\n", a,
+            (s1.st_size==s2.st_size || s1.st_mtime==s2.st_mtime ?
+             "CONTENT":"content"),
+            (double) (diffcount + abs(r1count-r2count)), (double) first_diff);
      differs= 1;
    }
  }