diff --git a/weed/filer/stream.go b/weed/filer/stream.go
index f6e2a7643..a41aebe22 100644
--- a/weed/filer/stream.go
+++ b/weed/filer/stream.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func StreamContent(masterClient *wdclient.MasterClient, w io.Writer, chunks []*f
 		urlStrings := fileId2Url[chunkView.FileId]
 
 		data, err := retriedFetchChunkData(urlStrings, chunkView.CipherKey, chunkView.IsGzipped, chunkView.IsFullChunk(), chunkView.Offset, int(chunkView.Size))
-		if err == nil {
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		w.Write(data)