2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ddd2e0b..6f266ab 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #21090: io.FileIO.readall() does not ignore I/O errors anymore. Before,
+  it ignored I/O errors if at least the first C call read() succeed.
+
 - Issue #19870: BaseCookie now parses 'secure' and 'httponly' flags.
   Backport of issue #16611.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index 58b68b6..6890ec3 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -577,9 +577,9 @@ fileio_readall(fileio *self)
                 }
                 continue;
             }
-            if (total > 0)
-                break;
             if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+                if (total > 0)
+                    break;
                 Py_DECREF(result);
                 Py_RETURN_NONE;
             }