diff --git a/ipmbbridged.cpp b/ipmbbridged.cpp
index 678c750..5b22a7a 100644
--- a/ipmbbridged.cpp
+++ b/ipmbbridged.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,13 @@
     IPMB_HEADER* ipmbFrame = &(ipmbPkt->hdr);
 
     lseek(ipmbi2cSlaveFd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-    int r = read(ipmbi2cSlaveFd, buffer.data(), ipmbMaxFrameLength);
+    ssize_t r = read(ipmbi2cSlaveFd, buffer.data(), ipmbMaxFrameLength);
+
+    // Handle error cases.
+    if (r < 0)
+    {
+        goto end;
+    }
 
     /* Substract first byte len size from total frame length */
     r--;