diff --git a/src/telnet_basic.c b/src/telnet_basic.c
index 2b8cf9a..4653ba7 100644
--- a/src/telnet_basic.c
+++ b/src/telnet_basic.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int telnet_rx(tn_ctx_t * tcc, char *buf, int *plen)
         /* We have IAC (= 0xff) */
         np = rem - (p - s);     /* N. chars available incl. IAC */
         if (np < 2)
-            return 1;
+            goto tn_more;
 
         pu = (unsigned char *)p;
         b1 = pu[1];