diff --git a/indra/llappearance/llwearable.cpp b/indra/llappearance/llwearable.cpp
index e6f628436..44e0bdef8 100644
--- a/indra/llappearance/llwearable.cpp
+++ b/indra/llappearance/llwearable.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ BOOL LLWearable::getNextPopulatedLine(std::istream& input_stream, char* buffer,
 	}
 	while (input_stream.good() && buffer[0]=='\0');
 
-	return input_stream.good(); 
+	return (buffer[0] != '\0'); 
 }
 
 
@@ -826,4 +826,4 @@ std::string terse_F32_to_string(F32 f)
 		r.erase(0, 1);
 	}
 	return r;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}