diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 672752e..efa1f46 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -163,15 +163,11 @@ static int Meta_read(Cache *cf)
         return EIO;
     }
 
-    fread(&cf->time, sizeof(long), 1, fp);
-    fread(&cf->content_length, sizeof(off_t), 1, fp);
-    fread(&cf->blksz, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
-    fread(&cf->segbc, sizeof(long), 1, fp);
-
-    /*
-     * Error checking for fread
-     */
-    if (ferror(fp)) {
+    if (sizeof(long) != fread(&cf->time, sizeof(long), 1, fp) ||
+        sizeof(off_t) != fread(&cf->content_length, sizeof(off_t), 1, fp) ||
+        sizeof(int) != fread(&cf->blksz, sizeof(int), 1, fp) ||
+        sizeof(long) != fread(&cf->segbc, sizeof(long), 1, fp) ||
+        ferror(fp)) {
         lprintf(error, "error reading core metadata!\n");
         return EIO;
     }