diff --git a/dlls/wininet/http.c b/dlls/wininet/http.c
index e4b6f1c15b9..2ab2d37456a 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/http.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/http.c
@@ -2018,6 +2018,7 @@ static DWORD HTTPREQ_SetOption(object_header_t *hdr, DWORD option, void *buffer,
 /* read some more data into the read buffer (the read section must be held) */
 static BOOL read_more_data( http_request_t *req, int maxlen )
 {
+    DWORD res;
     int len;
 
     if (req->read_pos)
@@ -2030,9 +2031,12 @@ static BOOL read_more_data( http_request_t *req, int maxlen )
 
     if (maxlen == -1) maxlen = sizeof(req->read_buf);
 
-    if(!NETCON_recv( &req->netConnection, req->read_buf + req->read_size,
-                     maxlen - req->read_size, 0, &len ))
+    res = NETCON_recv( &req->netConnection, req->read_buf + req->read_size,
+                       maxlen - req->read_size, 0, &len );
+    if(res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        INTERNET_SetLastError(res);
         return FALSE;
+    }
 
     req->read_size += len;
     return TRUE;
@@ -2304,7 +2308,7 @@ static DWORD HTTPREQ_Read(http_request_t *req, void *buffer, DWORD size, DWORD *
 
         if (size > bytes_read && (!bytes_read || sync)) {
             if (NETCON_recv( &req->netConnection, (char *)buffer + bytes_read, size - bytes_read,
-                             sync ? MSG_WAITALL : 0, &len))
+                             sync ? MSG_WAITALL : 0, &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
                 bytes_read += len;
             /* always return success, even if the network layer returns an error */
         }
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/internet.h b/dlls/wininet/internet.h
index 04a4a651596..75cd6762650 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/internet.h
+++ b/dlls/wininet/internet.h
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ DWORD NETCON_connect(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, const struct sockaddr *s
 DWORD NETCON_secure_connect(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, LPCWSTR hostname);
 DWORD NETCON_send(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, const void *msg, size_t len, int flags,
 		int *sent /* out */);
-BOOL NETCON_recv(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, void *buf, size_t len, int flags,
+DWORD NETCON_recv(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, void *buf, size_t len, int flags,
 		int *recvd /* out */);
 BOOL NETCON_query_data_available(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, DWORD *available);
 LPCVOID NETCON_GetCert(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection);
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/netconnection.c b/dlls/wininet/netconnection.c
index 36599e9bb75..013789bdf07 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/netconnection.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/netconnection.c
@@ -584,30 +584,25 @@ DWORD NETCON_send(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, const void *msg, size_t len
  * Basically calls 'recv()' unless we should use SSL
  * number of chars received is put in *recvd
  */
-BOOL NETCON_recv(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, void *buf, size_t len, int flags,
+DWORD NETCON_recv(WININET_NETCONNECTION *connection, void *buf, size_t len, int flags,
 		int *recvd /* out */)
 {
     *recvd = 0;
-    if (!NETCON_connected(connection)) return FALSE;
+    if (!NETCON_connected(connection)) return ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_ABORTED;
     if (!len)
-        return TRUE;
+        return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     if (!connection->useSSL)
     {
 	*recvd = recv(connection->socketFD, buf, len, flags);
-	if (*recvd == -1)
-	{
-	    INTERNET_SetLastError(sock_get_error(errno));
-	    return FALSE;
-	}
-        return TRUE;
+	return *recvd == -1 ? sock_get_error(errno) :  ERROR_SUCCESS;
     }
     else
     {
 #ifdef SONAME_LIBSSL
 	*recvd = pSSL_read(connection->ssl_s, buf, len);
-	return *recvd > 0 || !len;
+        return *recvd > 0 ? ERROR_SUCCESS : ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_ABORTED;
 #else
-	return FALSE;
+	return ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 #endif
     }
 }