diff --git a/src/kernel/qtranslator.cpp b/src/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
index 5f3eec77..884c8197 100644
--- a/src/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ TQTranslatorMessage TQTranslator::findMessage( const char* context,
 	char con[256];
 	for ( ;; ) {
 	    t >> len;
-	    if ( len == 0 )
+	    if ( len == 0 || t.atEnd() )
 		return TQTranslatorMessage();
 	    t.readRawBytes( con, len );
 	    con[len] = '\0';