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diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index a646202..a01af37 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Buffer management for tar.
 
    Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001,
-   2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Written by John Gilmore, on 1985-08-25.
 
@@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ archive_read_error (void)
   return;
 }
 
+static bool
+archive_is_dev ()
+{
+  struct stat st;
+
+  if (fstat (archive, &st))
+    {
+      stat_diag (*archive_name_cursor);
+      return false;
+    }
+  return S_ISBLK (st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR (st.st_mode);
+}
+
 static void
 short_read (size_t status)
 {
@@ -690,7 +703,8 @@ short_read (size_t status)
 
   if (left && left % BLOCKSIZE == 0
       && verbose_option
-      && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0)
+      && record_start_block == 0 && status != 0
+      && archive_is_dev ())
     {
       unsigned long rsize = status / BLOCKSIZE;
       WARN ((0, 0,