diff --git a/client/cmdhficlass.c b/client/cmdhficlass.c
index 75c45444a..d47507357 100644
--- a/client/cmdhficlass.c
+++ b/client/cmdhficlass.c
@@ -269,10 +269,9 @@ int CmdHFiClassELoad(const char *Cmd) {
 	//File handling and reading
 	FILE *f;
 	char filename[FILE_PATH_SIZE];
-	if(opt == 'f' && param_getstr(Cmd, 1, filename) > 0)
-	{
+	if(opt == 'f' && param_getstr(Cmd, 1, filename) > 0) {
 		f = fopen(filename, "rb");
-	}else{
+	} else {
 		return hf_iclass_eload_usage();
 	}
 
@@ -285,9 +284,14 @@ int CmdHFiClassELoad(const char *Cmd) {
 	long fsize = ftell(f);
 	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
-	uint8_t *dump = malloc(fsize);
+	if (fsize < 0) 	{
+		prnlog("Error, when getting filesize");
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 
+	uint8_t *dump = malloc(fsize);
+
 	size_t bytes_read = fread(dump, 1, fsize, f);
 	fclose(f);