diff --git a/cmd/mount/handle.go b/cmd/mount/handle.go
index 7b7b6c010..c3293acc3 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/handle.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/handle.go
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ var _ fusefs.HandleReader = (*FileHandle)(nil)
 func (fh *FileHandle) Read(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.ReadRequest, resp *fuse.ReadResponse) (err error) {
 	var n int
 	defer log.Trace(fh, "len=%d, offset=%d", req.Size, req.Offset)("read=%d, err=%v", &n, &err)
-	data := make([]byte, req.Size)
+	data := resp.Data[:req.Size]
 	n, err = fh.Handle.ReadAt(data, req.Offset)
+	resp.Data = data[:n]
 	if err == io.EOF {
 		err = nil
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return translateError(err)
 	}
-	resp.Data = data[:n]
-	return nil
+	return translateError(err)
 }
 
 // Check interface satisfied