diff --git a/src/disk/minivhd/manage.c b/src/disk/minivhd/manage.c
index 39b3ca69b..7ac3989e6 100644
--- a/src/disk/minivhd/manage.c
+++ b/src/disk/minivhd/manage.c
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ mvhd_file_is_vhd(FILE* f)
     }
 
     mvhd_fseeko64(f, -MVHD_FOOTER_SIZE, SEEK_END);
+    (void) !fread(con_str, sizeof con_str, 1, f);
     if (mvhd_is_conectix_str(con_str)) {
         return 1;
     }