diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c
index 1509bc880a4..c8e30ee2bf6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ fgetln(FILE *fp, size_t *lenp)
 		(void)memcpy((void *)(fp->_lb._base + off), (void *)fp->_p,
 		    len - off);
 		off = len;
-		if (__srefill(fp))
-			break;	/* EOF or error: return partial line */
+		if (__srefill(fp)) {
+			if (__sfeof(fp))
+				break;
+			goto error;
+		}
 		if ((p = memchr((void *)fp->_p, '\n', (size_t)fp->_r)) == NULL)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetwln.c b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetwln.c
index 6a92b71ce77..34a80a076b5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetwln.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetwln.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ fgetwln_l(FILE * __restrict fp, size_t *lenp, locale_t locale)
 	ORIENT(fp, 1);
 
 	len = 0;
-	/* WEOF or error: return partial line, see fgetln(3). */
 	while ((wc = __fgetwc(fp, locale)) != WEOF) {
 #define	GROW	512
 		if (len * sizeof(wchar_t) >= fp->_lb._size &&
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ fgetwln_l(FILE * __restrict fp, size_t *lenp, locale_t locale)
 		if (wc == L'\n')
 			break;
 	}
-	if (len == 0)
+	if (len == 0 || (wc == WEOF && !__sfeof(fp)))
 		goto error;
 
 	FUNLOCKFILE(fp);